I think that live music is really pretentious - all of it. I hate festivals and live shows, because as soon as… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I think the best way to listen to my music is through recording. I would love to be one of those artists… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I don't know what people want. I have delusions of grandeur, but I'm not sitting here talking to you and thinking that… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
In a way, the whole music industry is just catering to the inherent esteem issues all these artists have - it lays… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I don't think talent has anything to do with inspiration. Inspiration creates talent. People prioritize innate talent too much. It gives them… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish it were a simpler world. I love and hate people. When I say I hate people, I really truly… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I would much rather not be the center of attention, and I'd much rather travel and be writing my novel, rather than… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
Music didn't really occur to me. Michael Jordan and Batman were my favorite two entities then. Michael Jackson was there, but I… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
One of my struggles is that I'm a glutton. There's always those very simple, long, old-ass things, but they're very real to… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
It always fascinates me how you can get so much joy listening to another person, when me, personally, I can only listen… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do is paint a picture of an atypical human being going through all of the existential struggles, but… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
Everything is this distorted mishmash of pop culture that pulls from this era and that era and is just thrown at the… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
You got this new breed of hipster chicks and hipster men that don't understand anything about sacrifice. They didn't lay it on… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I feel totally disconnected from reality in Washington. Maybe I'm just really pretentious - in fact, I probably am - but I… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
People tend to believe that I want to make soul music, which is not entirely untrue but, really, I want to be… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I'm very curious about people, and one of the most difficult truths for me to accept as a person is that I'll… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
If the only thing that you want to do is make money - if that's your whole motivation - I think you're… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I want to help people to not feel alone, like I feel and have felt for so long. Everybody's just trying their… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I'd rather be somewhere building a house, if I knew how. The whole idea of being a professional artist is like a demeaning kind… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
The person on the shrine is myself. I listen to my own music constantly. I made a whole other record already. I look at… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I think that live music is really pretentious - all of it. I hate festivals and live shows, because as soon as I get… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I haven't figured out how to do anything yet besides recording music - I don't even entirely know how to do that. My favorite… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
Actually, my ideal life would be to have an evergreen tree farm and, every December, I'd load them up and just stand out on… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I think the best way to listen to my music is through recording. I would love to be one of those artists where you… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I don't know what people want. I have delusions of grandeur, but I'm not sitting here talking to you and thinking that I'm the… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
In a way, the whole music industry is just catering to the inherent esteem issues all these artists have - it lays it all… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
The only way for me to give a good performance is to make myself extremely uncomfortable - and it just so happens that being… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I first saw Dead Man in high school, and it changed everything. That movie was like a memory to me - I would get… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I deteriorate. I might tell you something one day and then something else another day. You fold in on yourself and that's why this… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I don't think talent has anything to do with inspiration. Inspiration creates talent. People prioritize innate talent too much. It gives them license to… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
