As a listener, I like shorter records, because you can really absorb the songs. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I don't really make particularly abrasive music, but at the same time I wouldn't change something to make people like it. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
Music is one of those things that if you play it safe, it can be incredibly boring. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I can't sit down and write a song to sell. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
The Beatles showed with 'Sgt. Pepper's' that you can make an album out of anything, just make it seem like it's connected. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to be reminded where you were at the time, and songs are a good vehicle for that. It's so… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I was born in 1974, so I grew up listening to what was on the radio - my mom's car sounded like… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I have a hard time saying I'm going to make a whole record of just rock-out songs, because that gets boring, you… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I don't sit and write records from start to finish. I write all the time, and when it's time to record you… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing having a recording be part of your career. It means you can go back and revisit yourself, in… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I have a certain amount of creative energy, and it used to go painting. Now most of it goes to music. I… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
All my songs usually borrow from my own life but pull from fantasy or other people's stories that you hear, or something… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
As a listener, I like shorter records, because you can really absorb the songs. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share
Religion is a huge part of our consciousness. I grew up in the Bible Belt, so it's our mythology. Those are the stories we… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share
Every time I play with a new musician I absorb something, even if it's someone you don't like! — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share
I don't really listen to a lot of stuff that sounds real similar to me because I work on that kind of music all… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share
I like ones that pertain to the music they make. Talking Heads does that somehow. More often than not band names are just a… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share
I don't advertise what I do to my kids. I don't go around waving a flag. I'm sure they are proud, in a certain… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share
I'm pretty easy going. I can be anyway. I definitely have my moments. You can ask my kids. But I try to be nice. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share
A lot of the big-budget movies, craft-wise, are amazing, but have a boring story. And the indies have their idiosyncrasies. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share
I like to keep working and keep changing. It's a hopeful, optimistic thing to think and sit about what you could do next. Maybe… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share
I was drawn to painting and filmmaking because I was interested in communicating visually, which spills over into my tendencies as a writer. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share
