I heard Tom Waits in this kinky shop on Belmont Street in Chicago. Considering the way I was raised, they were such obscure voices, but their music saved my life - I didn't know who I was before I heard… — 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 like the black Tom Waits - I don't want to make one kind of sound. — 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
I was not in touch with reality. Growing up, I was being shielded without my knowing it, because even all the way up to… — 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 mean it.… — 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 standing on… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
