Somebody else is satisfied by five Bentleys. I'm satisfied by a beautiful string arrangement. — Beck Arrangements Copy Share Image
It's hard to make music knowing that it's not going to be received by the listener in the way that it should… — Beck Copy Share Image
With my own music, I try to get away from things that are familiar and things that would be easy for me… — Beck Copy Share Image
It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out. — Beck Copy Share Image
I didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002. — Beck Computer Copy Share Image
I do think music sounds better when it's on tape and more simply recorded. — Beck Music Copy Share Image
When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything. — Beck Copy Share Image
Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic. — Beck Copy Share Image
Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But… — Beck Music Copy Share Image
When I pull out vinyl - which isn't that often anymore - it's undeniable that I get a different feeling. There's a… — Beck Body Copy Share Image
There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's a whole evolution from Midnite Vultures to… — Beck Albums Copy Share Image
Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect… — Beck Art Copy Share Image
Being able to take musical ideas through every iteration is attractive to me. Granted, not everyone's going to want to listen to… — Beck Copy Share Image
I've said for years to wives and mothers, you must start to see yourself as Sarah Connor. You must equip your children… — Beck Child Copy Share Image
There are a lot of technical studio things I've learned or figured out, and I feel like I could use those things… — Beck Copy Share Image
Whether you're aware of it or not, any kind of collage idea becomes a part of how you see the world once… — Beck Collage Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I think the way the music business has been destructive and the way the fans are been put through it and… — Beck Business Copy Share Image
I think everybody should just turn off their TV machines and make up their own songs about whatever comes to mind-their couch,… — Beck Copy Share Image
You spend so many months and years in the studio, and you see the clock ticking and so much time spent on… — Beck Clock Copy Share Image
I've done so many albums where I've been in the studio for 14 hours a day for six months just trying to… — Beck Albums Copy Share Image
I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. I've done so many albums where… — Beck Copy Share Image
Back then, Pro Tools only had four or eight tracks, so we couldn't actually hear all the tracks. We could only hear… — Beck Copy Share Image
Maybe certain aspects of what I was doing were reacting against what was happening or what people said, too. That's something that… — Beck Copy Share Image
I remember you would record a guitar part, and we would have to sit there for 15 or 20 minutes waiting for… — Beck Computer Copy Share Image
I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by. — Beck Copy Share Image
“I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.” — Beck Amnesia Copy Share Image
As music becomes more computer-based, it's lost some emotional impact. — Beck Computer Copy Share Image
I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. — Beck Copy Share Image
Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead — Beck Copy Share Image
I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record. — Beck Childlike Copy Share Image
I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live. — Beck Copy Share Image
“I don't love you because you're beautiful, you're beautiful because I love you.” — Beck Beautiful Copy Share Image
I've personally reached the point where the sound of MP3s are so uncompelling, because so much is lost in translation. — Beck Copy Share Image
It's so easy to criticize your own time, and I see that as a problem, even for myself, as a listener. — Beck Copy Share Image
