As a writer, there is only so much of your own life you can draw on. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I certainly don't want to make the same record twice. That's no fun. — Samuel Ervin Beam Fun Copy Share Image
I learn something with each record and take that into the next one. — Samuel Ervin Beam Education Copy Share Image
You can't predict what people are going to like. You have to stay true to your enthusiasm and obsessions. — Samuel Ervin Beam Enthusiasm 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
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 Amazing Copy Share Image
I've always liked string sections. I'm a sucker for melody, so it's fun to have strings add more layer of melody in… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
What's fascinating about facial hair? It's more fascinating that people shave it off every day. — Samuel Ervin Beam Day Copy Share Image
I was drawn to painting and filmmaking because I was interested in communicating visually, which spills over into my tendencies as a… — Samuel Ervin Beam Filmmaking Copy Share Image
I'm pretty easy going. I can be anyway. I definitely have my moments. You can ask my kids. But I try to… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I like to make things. When you make something, you work it and you work it until it's done, and then you… — Samuel Ervin Beam Creative Copy Share Image
Like anyone who records music or writes a song, I thought, 'Wouldn't that be cool if someday I were able to do… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I like having a big band because it gives you more options. They can always not play and I can do the… — Samuel Ervin Beam Arrangements 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 learned early on that you do yourself a disservice trying to replicate the record onstage every night. As a player, and… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I don't really listen to a lot of stuff that sounds real similar to me because I work on that kind of… — Samuel Ervin Beam Communication Copy Share Image
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… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
Well, for me, I grew up in the Carolinas, and it's our mythology. Those are the characters that we learn about how… — 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
At the end of the day, I can't sit down and write a song to sell. — Samuel Ervin Beam Day Copy Share Image
Making sad music, it's not for me. I don't find that interesting. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I live in Texas, man. It's hard to be a vegetarian down here. — Samuel Ervin Beam Food Copy Share Image
I don't write Plastic Ono Band stuff, though I love that record. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I don't like to be doing the same thing over and over again, so I keep trying other things. — 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
I change things each time we go into making a record, like the personnel playing on it, the types of music. — Samuel Ervin Beam Change Copy Share Image
Whenever you're ready to go and have studio time, that's when we start to record. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
My wife is a midwife, and there's only so many states where you can do that. Texas is a place where she… — Samuel Ervin Beam Marriage Copy Share Image
Music is definitely cheaper and more immediate. But part of the draw of film to me is the multidisciplinary aspect. I always… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
