126 Quotes by Elliott Smith

I’m happy some of the time, and some of the time I’m not. But like when I see a movie, for example, that I really like, that moves me or whatever, it’s usually happy and sad at the same time.

You can’t get better at things you never play.

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.

Certain songs just feel a way that’s hard to put into words and it’s not happy and it’s also not really sad but I couldn’t say what it is.

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

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

So if somebody writes a song that appears to have some meaning then everybody thinks that it’s a really heavy song.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail. Dying is another way...

It’s a lot easier to tell the truth usually.