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Topics: Beck Quotes

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

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 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 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...

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

I didn't want to do something typical.

I didn't want to do something typical.

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

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...

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...

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...

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.