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Topics: Beck Quotes

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...

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.

Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.

There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what...

There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what...

The repercussions of what you put out and what people gravitate to in your music...

The repercussions of what you put out and what people gravitate to in your music...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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....

Every time you go in, it's like starting over. You don't know how you did...

Every time you go in, it's like starting over. You don't know how you did...

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...

I didn't want to do something typical.

I didn't want to do something typical.

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...

I did that Grammys thing - I did a little freeform poem.

I did that Grammys thing - I did a little freeform poem.

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...

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

There are a lot of people who really abused sampling and gave it a bad...

There are a lot of people who really abused sampling and gave it a bad...

I hear a lot of bad TV commercials that try to sound like Where It's...

I hear a lot of bad TV commercials that try to sound like Where It's...