There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's a whole evolution from Midnite Vultures to Sea Change that's never been released.

Topics: Beck Quotes

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...

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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....

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...

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

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

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...

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 had long hair when I was a teenager.

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

I didn't want to do something typical.

I didn't want to do something typical.