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 SmithPeople think they know all these things about other people, and if you ask them why they think they know that, it'd be hard for them to be convincing.
Elliott SmithThey say that God makes problems just to see what you can stand, before you do as the devil pleases.
Elliott SmithI'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.
Elliott Smith