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Elliott Smith
American
Musician
Born:
Aug 6
,
1969
Died:
Oct 21
,
2003
About
Just
Lot
People
Think
You
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I can't think of anything off the top of my head that seems more important than something designed to raise money to keep something going that keeps IV drug users from dying.
Elliott Smith
Money
Important
Think
Top
Seems
Something
More
Head
Off
Than
Going
Dying
Anything
Users
Keep
Keeps
Designed
Raise
I didn't have a hard time making it, I had a hard time letting it go.
Elliott Smith
Time
Had
Making
Go
Hard
Hard Time
Letting
I mean people just have a way of - y'know they'll review your record in two sentences and put you in this little stupid box that you don't want to be in.
Elliott Smith
You
People
Stupid
Way
Record
Put
Box
Review
Just
Want
Little
Mean
Mean People
Sentences
Your
Two
The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun.
Elliott Smith
Band
Live
Filter
Lot
Fun
Playing
It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin.
Elliott Smith
Drop
Band
Signed
Kind
Carry
Point
Had
Like
Ball
Up
Quitting
After
Then
Certain
Certain Point
Ridiculous
Bomb
Right
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
Elliott Smith
Trees
Jobs
Like
Also
Around
Spreading
Doing
Odd
Odd Jobs
Bamboo
Gravel
Portland
I'm just writing songs about how I feel or about how people I know feel.
Elliott Smith
People
Writing
About
Songs
Feel
Know
How
Just
It's a lot easier to tell the truth usually.
Elliott Smith
Truth
Easier
Tell
Lot
It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years.
Elliott Smith
Almost
Got
Caught
Years
Up
Use
Two
I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members.
Elliott Smith
Myself
Members
About
Bear
Clause
Put
Because
Leaving
Paw
Trap
Watched
Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does.
Elliott Smith
Try
Think
No Idea
About
General
General Public
Idea
Since
Well
Does
Anybody
Public
I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.
Elliott Smith
Same Thing
Record
Make
Always
Trying
Same
Which
Interesting
Thing
I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do.
Elliott Smith
Me
Whatever
Think
Signed
Would
Dreamworks
Mess
Around
Expecting
Really
There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.
Elliott Smith
You
People
Better
Argument
Make
Understand
Always
Doing
Historically
Company
And I'm not trying to write heavy songs.
Elliott Smith
Write
Songs
Trying
Heavy
I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something.
Elliott Smith
Out
Something
Move
Just
Wanted
Portland
I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.
Elliott Smith
Better
New
Like
Than
York
Just
New York
Different
Place
Really
Different Place
Portland
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