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Elliott Smith

"And I'm not trying to write heavy songs."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I can't read a note of music. I just do it all from ear."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I'm thinking in terms of a point of departure, a field of action for performers to express an expressive need of mine which hopefully the context of music would convey."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"Music is the highest form of philosophy of the conscious mind."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"Well, we play Country music; we're just not sure what country it is."

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Amaka Imani Nkosazana

"I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want."

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Elliott Smith
"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

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Elliott Smith
"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

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Elliott Smith
"I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record."

Trying

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Elliott Smith
"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."

Home

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

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Elliott Smith
"And I'm not trying to write heavy songs."

Music

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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."

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Elliott Smith
"My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked."

Time

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

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Elliott Smith
"If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy."

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