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Topics: Beck Quotes

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going...

Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going...

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

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...

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

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 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...

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and...

We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...