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I want to keep making records as long as I can and that's the beginning and end of my concern about selling records.
Elliott Smith
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Elliott Smith
Age: 34 †
Born: 1969
Born: August 6
Died: 2003
Died: October 21
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Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
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Omaha
Nebraska
Steven Paul Elliott Smith
Steven Paul Smith
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I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?
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I went walking around the city some more, people watching with a cold, blank stare. And I saw your face in everyone, I swear.
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Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that.
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