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
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Static in my head,the reflected sound of everything,tried to go to where it led,but it didn't lead to anything.
I've been here all three nights. I kind of like it down here by the river.
They don't put any pressure on me to do anything in particular and Dreamworks didn't either so this was a really easy record to make.
In the event of the band dissolving, any members could be kept to that contract with or without their consent under the same terms.
I may not seem quite right,But i'm not f**ked, not quite.
I'm comfortable apart,It's all written on my chartThat I take what's given to meMost cooperatively.I do what people sayAnd lie in bed all dayAbsolutely horrified,I hope you're satisfied.
I'm comfortable apart, It's all written on my chart That I take what's given to me Most cooperatively. I do what people say And lie in bed all day Absolutely horrified, I hope you're satisfied.
I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do.
If I seem to be reckless with myself,It's the fault of no one.All things have a placeUnder the moon as well as the sun.
If I seem to be reckless with myself, It's the fault of no one. All things have a place Under the moon as well as the sun.
There's lots of ways people can be dependent, on another person, or drugs...
I've been doing four-track songs by myself since I was like a teenager, where I'd sing in a way that I ... I just didn't think other people would like it, so I didn't play it for them but eventually I got over that, which I'm happy that I did, because it's kind of a drag to be playing a kind of music that you don't really like as much as another kind.
While his history of depression is compatible with suicide... and the location and direction of the stab wounds are consistent with self-infliction, several aspects of the circumstances (as they are known at this time) are atypical of suicide and raise the possibility of homicide.