You cannot predict public taste. That's why I always just trusted mine. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I like short records in general that you can swallow in one sitting. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I didn't really intend on having a music career. It just kind of happened. — Samuel Ervin Beam Career Copy Share Image
As far as American directors, Terrence Malick is probably my very favorite. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I don't want to single anyone out. I'll just say that there are a lot of not good band names out there. — 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 Image
I try to use a poetic language more than talk about my feelings, but it is married to the music. — Samuel Ervin Beam Feelings Copy Share Image
I feel like anytime you write about people in an honest way, you can find connections to any issue you would like. — Samuel Ervin Beam Connections Copy Share Image
What's around the corner is always more exciting than the corner that I'm on, unfortunately. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
Anytime you go back and listen to old material, there's always the threat of being surprised. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
Oh yeah, I love Peter Gabriel's stuff. I mean, I even have the Genesis records. He's incredible. — 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 Change Copy Share Image
When I put out a record I don't really like to do covers as much, but I don't mind playing them. I… — 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 Funny Copy Share Image
I like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I prefer describing to rather than explaining. One, I rarely have anything to say.… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily enjoy playing concerts, although that has gotten more fun with a band. But the one thing I always have… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
You have high school photos and stuff, but to have a recording of your voice and your work from 20 years ago,… — Samuel Ervin Beam High school Copy Share Image
You can sand something forever. You can keep working on it. All the arts are like that: there's no magical finish line.… — Samuel Ervin Beam Art 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
Religion is a huge part of our consciousness. I grew up in the Bible Belt, so it's our mythology. Those are the… — Samuel Ervin Beam Beautiful Copy Share Image
Back in '98 or so when I was in film school I was working on lighting for a movie in Georgia, out… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
You can treat musicians like actors - you give them a roadmap but don't tell them what to do, and let their… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I like ones that pertain to the music they make. Talking Heads does that somehow. More often than not band names are… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I went to art school, wanting to be a painter and then I got into photography. Then it was movies, and I… — Samuel Ervin Beam Art Copy Share Image
I remember 'The Shepherd's Dog' record being not necessarily a political record, but a reaction to socio-political situations in America. And it… — Samuel Ervin Beam America Copy Share Image
I was raised in the suburbs. I wasn't on a plantation or anything. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
