It was hard to sing like how I wanted to because playing live I had to just be at the top of my lungs all the time, and it made me sound like I had a really bad cold or something.
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 SmithI think the suggestion that all my songs are personal is insulting because that assumes that I have a bunch of issues that I feel the need to unload on strangers. That is not the case. It also assumes that I just talk about myself the whole time which, again, is not true.
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