There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.

Topics: Beck Quotes

I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's...

I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's...

In the past it seemed like I was making fun of rap a little bit....

In the past it seemed like I was making fun of rap a little bit....

Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way...

Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way...

I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes...

I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes...

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's...

There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's...

I hadn't done much rapping in a while. I really wasn't sure I was going...

I hadn't done much rapping in a while. I really wasn't sure I was going...

In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the...

In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the...

When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He...

When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He...

You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can...

You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can...

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How...

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How...

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.

I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.

I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a...

I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a...

There's never any pressure on the music having to be something.

There's never any pressure on the music having to be something.

When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand...

When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand...

Tonight the city is full of morgues, and all the toilets are overflowing. There's shopping...

Tonight the city is full of morgues, and all the toilets are overflowing. There's shopping...

I sat out a few years because I wasn't really sure what I wanted to...

I sat out a few years because I wasn't really sure what I wanted to...

In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments. It's really hard for me...

In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments. It's really hard for me...

The years keep going by and you realize, Wow. Doing these records is such a...

The years keep going by and you realize, Wow. Doing these records is such a...