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Topics: Beck Quotes

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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....

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...