I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.
- Elliott Smith
New, Like, Really, Different Place
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
- Elliott Smith
Doing, Like, Odd Jobs, Portland
I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something.
- Elliott Smith
Just, Move, Wanted, Portland
Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does.
- Elliott Smith
Think, Idea, Anybody, General Public
The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.
- Elliott Smith
Band, Playing, Lot, Filter
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
Stupid, Want, Sentences, Mean People
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
Out, Shocked, Put, Send
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
Think, Other, Studio, Just As Much
I can't think of anything off the top of my head that seems more important than something designed to raise money to keep something going that keeps IV drug users from dying.
- Elliott Smith
Think, More, Going, Designed
If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.
- Elliott Smith
Play, Acoustic Guitar, Depressed
It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning.
- Elliott Smith
Meaning, Songs, Lot, Popular
I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members.
- Elliott Smith
Myself, Clause, Paw, Members
I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.
- Elliott Smith
Float, Parades, Rode, Mississippi
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
Drop, Like, Certain Point, Quitting
There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.
- Elliott Smith
Doing, Argument, Always, Historically
It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually.
- Elliott Smith
Truth, Tell, Lot, Easier
I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.
- Elliott Smith
Think, Playing, Gonna, Oscars
There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I can't do by myself you know.
- Elliott Smith
Myself, Like, Lots, Band
And I'm not trying to write heavy songs.
- Elliott Smith
Trying, Write, Songs, Heavy
Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else.
- Elliott Smith
Like, Else, Something Else, Knows
I was coming off of a lot of psyche meds and other things.
- Elliott Smith
Other, Things, Lot, Psyche
I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do.
- Elliott Smith
Think, Expecting, Dreamworks, Signed
I didn't have a hard time making it, I had a hard time letting it go.
- Elliott Smith
Go, Making, Had, Hard Time
I didn't know how many people knew who Ferdinand was.
- Elliott Smith
Know, How, Knew, Ferdinand
I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.
- Elliott Smith
Writing, How, About, Songs
I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?
- Elliott Smith
Hide, Use, Would, Guess
I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records.
- Elliott Smith
Think, Actually, Lot, Gonna
I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.
- Elliott Smith
Always, Same, Which, Same Thing
It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years.
- Elliott Smith
Use, Up, Almost, Caught
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