Tonight the city is full of morgues, and all the toilets are overflowing. There's shopping malls coming out of the walls, as we walk out among the manure. That's why I pay no mind.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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 had long hair when I was a teenager.

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.