#ed

When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda. ↗

— Elizabeth Joan Smith

#elections #get #involved #leaders #reactionary

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

#girlfriend #i #me #out #put

I had sort of exhausted all the avenues playing in Detroit. So again, through the stewardship of my brother, I ended up in California and went to the Musicians Institute in L.A. I wanted to get better as a player. ↗

— Chad Smith

#avenues #better #brother #california #detroit

I took a private lesson, but it didn't really work out, so I went back to playing along with records. That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. ↗

— Chad Smith

#along #back #bands #black #black sabbath

Its very sort of spontaneous and organic, not a preconceived sort of jamming. Now we record everything, cause sometimes you'll forget, you know, 'what was that thing again?' So we record everything. ↗

— Chad Smith

#cause #everything #forget #jamming #know

If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy. ↗

— Elliott Smith

#acoustic guitar #depressed #guitar #guy #play

That's really the thing that got me into playing a lot - getting excited about playing along with my favorite bands like Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. ↗

— Chad Smith

#along #bands #black #black sabbath #excited

The child now shewed her a narrow and rugged descent, made by cutting the red clay and stones, of which the cliffs are here composed, into a sort of rude steps. ↗

— Charlotte Smith

#clay #cliffs #composed #cutting #descent

One of the strangest things about being an actor is that people you don't know feel that they are allowed to comment on your hair, body, clothes, relationships. ↗

— Courtney Thorne Smith

#actor #allowed #being #body #clothes

A lot of women are in a crazy exercise cycle; they're so afraid they'll gain weight if they stop, and it's especially hard when they get pregnant. What they need to realize is that if you're not exercising so much, you don't have to eat so much, and your body adjusts. It sounds so simple, but you really do have to listen to your body. ↗

— Courtney Thorne Smith

#afraid #body #crazy #cycle #eat