It's hard to represent chaos, or like an absence of something. It's much easier to represent the presence of something or a situation.
Elliott SmithPeople are so... seem so chaotic internally, but being filtered through some form, like making a record, sort of filters it down into something that can be understood.
Elliott SmithThey say that God makes problems just to see what you can stand, before you do as the devil pleases.
Elliott SmithMusic is worth doing just because. It doesn’t have to be justified by some political point of view, and it’s kind of insulting to the music to make it a tool for something else.
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