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Beck quotes: Get crazy with the Cheez Whiz.

Get crazy with the Cheez Whiz.

Beck quotes: When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.

When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.

Beck quotes: There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing.

There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing.

Beck quotes: As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.

As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.

Beck quotes: I didn't go to high school. I never felt connected to people my age.

I didn't go to high school. I never felt connected to people my age.

Beck quotes: [Early on,] the attitude was that what I was doing wasn't music.

[Early on,] the attitude was that what I was doing wasn't music.

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

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

Beck quotes: I do think music sounds better when it's on tape and more simply recorded.

I do think music sounds better when it's on tape and more simply recorded.

Beck quotes: The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That went on for years.

The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That went on for years.

Beck quotes: Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.

Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.

Beck quotes: There's more things that I'd like to do. You know, each song is a little bit of a puzzle. I see most of them as just failed attempts.

There's more things that I'd like to do. You know, each song is a little bit of a puzzle. I see most of them as just failed attempts.

Beck quotes: I had long hair when I was a teenager.

I had long hair when I was a teenager.

Beck quotes: I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.

I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.

Beck quotes: In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments.

In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments.

Beck quotes: There are certain records that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them as an example of great production.

There are certain records that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them as an example of great production.

Beck quotes: Your heart is a drum keeping time with everyone.

Your heart is a drum keeping time with everyone.

Beck quotes: You're just the girl of my dreamsBut it seems my dreams never come true

You're just the girl of my dreams
But it seems my dreams never come true

Beck quotes: I love British humor. It's just so - surreal.

I love British humor. It's just so - surreal.

Beck quotes: Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.

Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.

Beck quotes: I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.

I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.

Beck quotes: When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.

When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.

Beck quotes: I grew up I guess you'd say in the cassette era.

I grew up I guess you'd say in the cassette era.

Beck quotes: I try not to do email; I try to talk to people on the phone.

I try not to do email; I try to talk to people on the phone.

Beck quotes: I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

Beck quotes: It gets a little bit troublesome when you have something that's overcompressed that shouldn't be.

It gets a little bit troublesome when you have something that's overcompressed that shouldn't be.

Beck quotes: Somebody else is satisfied by five Bentleys. I'm satisfied by a beautiful string arrangement.

Somebody else is satisfied by five Bentleys. I'm satisfied by a beautiful string arrangement.

Beck quotes: Growing up, a film was an action film or it was a comedy or it was romantic, but you don't really see such stark lines between genres nowadays.

Growing up, a film was an action film or it was a comedy or it was romantic, but you don't really see such stark lines between genres nowadays.

Beck quotes: Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself.

Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself.

Beck quotes: I'm always looking for older equipment and ways of recording, but you can't escape the fact that it's all going to be digitized and reduced.

I'm always looking for older equipment and ways of recording, but you can't escape the fact that it's all going to be digitized and reduced.

Beck quotes: As music becomes more computer-based, it's lost some emotional impact.

As music becomes more computer-based, it's lost some emotional impact.

Beck quotes: There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite.

There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite.

Beck quotes: Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.

Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.

Beck quotes: love is a poverty you couldn't sell

love is a poverty you couldn't sell

Beck quotes: You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.

You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.

Beck quotes: It's so easy to criticize your own time, and I see that as a problem, even for myself, as a listener.

It's so easy to criticize your own time, and I see that as a problem, even for myself, as a listener.

Beck quotes: The limitations are limitless.

The limitations are limitless.

Beck quotes: Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead

Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead

Beck quotes: No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

Beck quotes: I'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years.

I'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years.

Beck quotes: With modern recording techniques, and living in the Pro Tools era, the process gets really drawn-out, and it can become painstaking.

With modern recording techniques, and living in the Pro Tools era, the process gets really drawn-out, and it can become painstaking.

Beck quotes: Good Old Socialism ... Raping The Pocketbooks Of The Rich To Give To The Poor.

Good Old Socialism ... Raping The Pocketbooks Of The Rich To Give To The Poor.

Beck quotes: I've personally reached the point where the sound of MP3s are so uncompelling, because so much is lost in translation.

I've personally reached the point where the sound of MP3s are so uncompelling, because so much is lost in translation.

Beck quotes: These spider webs are my home now

These spider webs are my home now

Beck quotes: I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

Beck quotes: Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.

Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.

Beck quotes: I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.

I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.

Beck quotes: I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.

I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.

Beck quotes: With my own music, I try to get away from things that are familiar and things that would be easy for me to go to.

With my own music, I try to get away from things that are familiar and things that would be easy for me to go to.

Beck quotes: I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live.

I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live.

Beck quotes: You can't please everybody, man,

You can't please everybody, man,

Beck quotes: I'm sure the music is going to come out. I'm not sure if I'm going to put out 12s or put the songs on my website. I just have to

I'm sure the music is going to come out. I'm not sure if I'm going to put out 12s or put the songs on my website. I just have to get them done.

Beck quotes: 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.

Beck quotes: Something just happens when you're making a record, where certain things start to come out. It's just something in the air.

Something just happens when you're making a record, where certain things start to come out. It's just something in the air.

Beck quotes: I didn't want to do something typical.

I didn't want to do something typical.

Beck quotes: I did that Grammys thing - I did a little freeform poem.

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

Beck quotes: Soy un perdedorI'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?

Soy un perdedor
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?

Beck quotes: I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.

I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.

Beck quotes: Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Beck quotes: It's hard to make music knowing that it's not going to be received by the listener in the way that it should be.

It's hard to make music knowing that it's not going to be received by the listener in the way that it should be.

Beck quotes: I enjoy recording live better, but I think by the nature of it you are going to end up with something that's a little bit more traditional.

I enjoy recording live better, but I think by the nature of it you are going to end up with something that's a little bit more traditional.

Beck quotes: You just want to go back to those 70s albums. Even a lot of the 90s indie records were still done on tape, and you hear the difference.

You just want to go back to those 70s albums. Even a lot of the 90s indie records were still done on tape, and you hear the difference.

Beck quotes: When you use some of the more modern recording devices and Pro Tools, when you get into the technology, you are aching to get into some territory.

When you use some of the more modern recording devices and Pro Tools, when you get into the technology, you are aching to get into some territory.

Beck quotes: It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out.

It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out.

Beck quotes: Whatever you do has to be commercial and it can't be too distracting - it has to be background music, basically.

Whatever you do has to be commercial and it can't be too distracting - it has to be background music, basically.

Beck quotes: I have for four years now been ringing the bell. Economic Holocaust is coming. Economic day of reckoning is coming.

I have for four years now been ringing the bell. Economic Holocaust is coming. Economic day of reckoning is coming.

Beck quotes: You can't meditate on walking or certain human habits. You concentrate too much on the way you walk, and you'll start walking pretty weird.

You can't meditate on walking or certain human habits. You concentrate too much on the way you walk, and you'll start walking pretty weird.

Beck quotes: I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.

I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.

Beck quotes: Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic.

Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic.

Beck quotes: You can't write if you can't relate.

You can't write if you can't relate.

Beck quotes: Just out of curiosity, I wonder what makes music or culture or taste go in certain directions. Who knows what the forces are behind it.

Just out of curiosity, I wonder what makes music or culture or taste go in certain directions. Who knows what the forces are behind it.

Beck quotes: I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.

I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.

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

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

Beck quotes: I didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002.

I didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002.