I truly hope the future will bring me something to feel nostalgic about, because there's really nothing much so far I can remember fondly.
Elliott SmithStatic in my head, the reflected sound of everything, tried to go to where it led, but it didn't lead to anything.
Elliott SmithI watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members
Elliott SmithEverybody gets a tag. If you listen to a Velvet Underground record, you don't think, 'Godfathers of Punk.' You just think, 'This sounds great.' The tags are there in order to help try to sell something by giving it a name that's going to stick in somebody's memory. But it doesn't describe it. So 'depressing' isn't a word I would use to describe my music. But there is some sadness in it -- there has to be, so that the happiness in it will matter.
Elliott Smith