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 didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.
I actually don't think that I'm gonna sell a lot of records.
The devil's script sells you the heart of a blackbird.
It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years.
I see you're leaving me and taking up with the enemy, the cold comfort of the in-between, a little less than a human being.
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
I went walking around the city some more, people watching with a cold, blank stare. And I saw your face in everyone, I swear.
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.
Certain songs just feel a way that's hard to put into words and it's not happy and it's also not really sad but I couldn't say what it is
Static in my head, the reflected sound of everything, tried to go to where it led, but it didn't lead to anything.
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.
I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members
Burning every bridge that I cross to find some beautiful place to get lost.
Doing battle with themselves that way, every day, all the time and sometimes it sucks, but other times it results in people making sort of a dream comprehensible to someone else.