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'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.
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
Fights problems with bigger problems.
Static in my head, the reflected sound of everything, tried to go to where it led, but it didn't lead to anything.
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.
Nothing's gonna drag me down to a death that's not worth cheating.
I went walking around the city some more, people watching with a cold, blank stare. And I saw your face in everyone, I swear.
It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning
All your secret wishes could right now be coming true.
It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years.
I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record
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 think the music business will eventually crush me, but I [smiles]... I'm ready.
If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.