![]() ![]() It didn't fit him-a lot like the Prada outfit he wore at the Oscars. So I feel like, in that respect, he was (like so many stars) temperamentally unsuited to being famous. But he was introverted and shy, reluctant to trumpet his talents, self-doubting, self-diminishing. He wasn't this sort of goal-less person with zero aspiration, zero achievement motive. I think people sometimes present his attitude that way, but it's not accurate, at least not entirely. It's not like what he envisioned was total obscurity. ![]() He worked incredibly hard, and he didn't do that for no reason at all. He wanted to hear his songs on the radio. Do you think this marked a turning point in his life and contributed in any way to the difficulties he experienced afterwards? The additional pressure that came with this new found level of fame?įame is always a problem. | Buy 'Torment Saint: The Life of Elliott Smith of Amazon'įor many, Elliott's appearance at the Oscars in 1998 performing 'Miss Misery' from the movie 'Good Will Hunting' was their first experience of his music. ![]() In the second part of our exclusive interview with Elliott Smith biographer William Todd Schultz, author of Torment Saint: The Life of Elliott Smith, we examine Smith's uneasy trajectory towards fame, his reliance upon drugs and unravel some of the mysteries surrounding his untimely death. It's been over ten years since the death of Elliott Smith but his legacy endures strongly to this day. ![]()
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