As a listener, I like shorter records, because you can really absorb the songs. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
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 Image
I like short records in general that you can swallow in one sitting. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I like Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, but some of the older ones it's hard for me to sit down with - when… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
A thing can be too pretty and perfect, so if you kick some dirt on it, then it feels like you wore… — 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
I don't write Plastic Ono Band stuff, though I love that record. — 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 learn something with each record and take that into the next one. — 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 stories we… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 a certain… — Samuel Ervin Beam 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 be nice. — 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 Copy Share Image
