"You can take a picture of New York and one person looking at it will think it looks really depressing, frightening; and someone else will look at it and think of all the fun things you can do in New York. I think songs are kinda like that."

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Source: Prozac Nation. Book by Elizabeth Wurtzel, 1994.

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Elliott Smith

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Elliott Smith was an influential singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics and emotional depth, particularly in albums like 'Either/Or'.

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"I got tired of doing battle with people thinking I was a little weird because I wasn't in a band making happy, stilted music. The only people who really seem weird to me are people who think they're normal. People who think it's possible to be normal just by doing the same things that most people do. Is there a most people? I don't know. Television makes it seem like there is, but I think that might just be television."

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