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'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 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
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
Sometimes you have to be reminded where you were at the time, and songs are a good vehicle for that. It's so… — 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 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
I went to an art school and you learn very quickly there that you're only as good as your next idea, not… — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
I was just writing songs in my spare time, and recording because it's fun to do, and Sub Pop called me and… — 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
You have high school photos and stuff, but to have a recording of your voice and your work from 20 years ago,… — 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
