Elliott Smith | "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."

"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, American Musician

Quit, Quitting, Right

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"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."

"We're still here trying to get the word out that 330 farmers are quitting every week."

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"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."

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"I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase."

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"I never got to the point of needing drugs or thinking about giving up myself."

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"It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years."

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"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."

Quit

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

Experience

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

People

"Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else."

God

"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."

Idea

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

Meaning

"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."

People

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

Job

"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."

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"We're still here trying to get the word out that 330 farmers are quitting every week."

Author Name

Personal Development

"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."

Author Name

Personal Development

"I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase."

Author Name

Personal Development

"I never got to the point of needing drugs or thinking about giving up myself."

Author Name

Personal Development

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"It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years."

Years

"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."

Quit

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

Experience

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

People

"Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else."

God

"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."

Idea

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

Meaning

"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."

People

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

Job

"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."

Money