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
You can't predict what people are going to like. You have to stay true to your enthusiasm and obsessions. — 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
People always say, 'Why don't you play more sets in Texas?' and I say, 'Dude, why don't you come babysit?' — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I would love to be able to do the pace that people used to do decades ago, where you'd make a record… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
The things that have been most popular with people have always been a total surprise, and so I've never felt like 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
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 Copy Share Image
What's fascinating about facial hair? It's more fascinating that people shave it off every day. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I make music and hope people enjoy it - but when they do it's always a surprise. A nice surprise, but not… — 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
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
