Elliott Smith

I was coming off of a lot of psyche meds and other things. ”

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. ”

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place. ”

It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning. ”

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. ”

The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun. ”

There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I can't do by myself you know. ”

I like home recordings and studio recordings just as much as each other - I don't think one is better - but for this record I wanted to see what I could do in a real studio with real producers. ”

I rode on a float in one of the parades in Mississippi. It's an experience. ”

There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing. ”