Elliott Smith

I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?

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.

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.

With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart.

I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20 years. No reason to kill it. You know, just take it and release it.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.