Elliott Smith Quotes

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.

Elliott Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 6, 1969 - October 21, 2003

Topics

TimeMeSearchGirlfriendOutSongs

To join in the political fray, I don't think it convinces anyone. It just becomes a talking point on CNN.

John F. Kelly

ThinkPoliticalTalkingPointJust

The life of an entrepreneur is the life of a human. Some days are amazing. Some days are a struggle. A lot are in between. It's the same for all of us.

Andy Dunn

LifeStruggleAmazingEntrepreneur

Sometimes I feel indie directors are in the game so they can make a film to get hired to do a big film - that we're all doing this person's reel.

John Cho

GameFeelDoingPersonSometimes

To demand that people find their assigned narrow corridors of culture or ethnicity or gender, expecting people to forevermore stay in that lane, is to limit our human potential. It's oppressive.

Andreja Pejic

CulturePeoplePotentialGenderFind

But everything you do in life has a downside.

Melissa Auf der Maur

LifeYouEverythingDownside

I don't walk around with fear. I walk around with strength. I believe in cause and effect.

Melanie Griffith

StrengthFearWalkBelieveI Believe

In my early shows, I wanted to put myself through a new childhood, disintegrating my whole identity to let the real one emerge. I became a human jukebox, learning all these songs I'd always known, discovering the basics of what I do. The cathartic part was in the essential act of singing.

Jeff Buckley

LearningMyselfChildhoodIdentity

Baseball skills schizophrenically encompass a pitcher's, a batter's and a fielder's.

John Updike

BaseballSkillsPitcherEncompass

If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.

Stendhal

PowerMenThinkYouRuinYour

I don't dress up as a woman: I dress up as a caricature of a caricature of a woman.

Trixie Mattel

WomanDressUpCaricature

Your connections with other people are important, our connection to the earth.

Tom Ford

PeopleConnectionsConnectionEarth

The game of basketball is not played with throwing punches, throwing elbows.

Mo Williams

BasketballGamePunchesPlayed

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