I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members.

- Elliott Smith

I was coming off of a lot of psyche meds and other things.

- Elliott Smith

I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do.

- Elliott Smith

And I'm not trying to write heavy songs.

- Elliott Smith

I like home recordings and studio recordings just as much as each other - I don't think one is better - but for this record I wanted to see what I could do in a real studio with real producers.

- Elliott Smith

The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.

- Elliott Smith

I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?

- Elliott Smith

I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.

- Elliott Smith

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

- Elliott Smith

I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.

- Elliott Smith

It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning.

- Elliott Smith

It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin.

- Elliott Smith

I mean people just have a way of - y'know they'll review your record in two sentences and put you in this little stupid box that you don't want to be in.

- Elliott Smith

There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I can't do by myself you know.

- Elliott Smith

My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked.

- Elliott Smith

I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.

- Elliott Smith

I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.

- Elliott Smith

I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something.

- Elliott Smith

Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else.

- Elliott Smith

It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually.

- Elliott Smith