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Topics: Beck Quotes

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...

I didn't want to do something typical.

I didn't want to do something typical.

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

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

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...

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 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...

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that 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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's...

I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's...

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 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 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...

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...