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Topics: Beck Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

I didn't want to do something typical.

I didn't want to do something typical.

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...

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 had long hair when I was a teenager.

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

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 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...

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...

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...

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 would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and...

I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and...

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.

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...

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...

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...