Elliott Smith

“If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy.”

“But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.”

“I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members.”

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

“I don't think that Dreamworks would have signed me expecting to really mess around with whatever it is I do.”

“I didn't know how many people knew who Ferdinand was.”

“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.”

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

“I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something.”

“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.”

“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 produce...”