Everything is this distorted mishmash of pop culture that pulls from this era and that era and is just thrown at the wall. These people have no clue what anything really means. There are guys out there getting a million… — 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 on stage, I start performing for people and it becomes about sex, banter, and skill. They're looking at me and not thinking about themselves. I'm thinking about how cool I look. It's just stupid - all… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share
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 phrase is "It takes a lot of imagination to have no talent." So it's a struggle because I struggle between thinking about whether or not I'm actually a musician, am I actually an artist. Does it… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share
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 can go into a coffee shop and watch people pass by and then my music is in their ears. Not necessarily a sensory deprivation thing, but that's cool too. Unfortunately in order to focus on nobody… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share
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
