Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith
Steven Paul "Elliott" Smithwas an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and lived for much of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity. Smith's primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient with piano, clarinet, bass guitar, drums, and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style, characterized by his "whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery", and used multi-tracking to create vocal layers, textures, and harmonies...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth6 August 1969
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record
I didnt know how many people knew who Ferdinand was.
I don’t think it’s important who I am. I really like playing music, but I don’t really want to be anything in particular.
You can take a picture of New York and one person looking at it will think it looks really depressing, frightening; and someone else will look at it and think of all the fun things you can do in New York. I think songs are kinda like that.
It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning
The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.
There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I cant do by myself you know.
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
So if somebody writes a song that appears to have some meaning then everybody thinks that it's a really heavy song.
Nothing's gonna drag me down to a death that's not worth cheating.
I want to keep making records as long as I can and that's the beginning and end of my concern about selling records.
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.
I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?
I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience.