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title: "Best Beck Quotes"
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# Beck

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Beck David Hansen, known as Beck, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.

##  Quotes by Beck · Page 2

> [In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/in-the-studio-i-m-always-throwing-people-on-different-instruments/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/beck-3337_always_in-the-studio-i-m-always-throwing-people_2070800.png)

> [“I don't love you because you're beautiful, you're beautiful because I love you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-don-t-love-you-because-you-re-beautiful-you-re-beautiful-because-i/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/beck-3337_beautiful_i-don-t-love-you-because-you-re-beautifu_2322126.png)

> [I've personally reached the point where the sound of MP3s are so uncompelling, because so much is lost in translation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-ve-personally-reached-the-point-where-the-sound-of-mp3s-are-so/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/beck-3337_lost_i-ve-personally-reached-the-point-where_802900.png)

> [I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-think-my-whole-generation-s-mission-is-to-kill-the-cliche/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Cliche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cliche/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bda/beck-3337_cliche_i-think-my-whole-generation-s-mission-is_925255.png)

> [It's so easy to criticize your own time, and I see that as a problem, even for myself, as a listener.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/it-s-so-easy-to-criticize-your-own-time-and-i-see-that-as-a-problem/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/beck-3337_critic_it-s-so-easy-to-criticize-your-own-time_2168255.png)

> [I try not to do email; I try to talk to people on the phone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-try-not-to-do-email-i-try-to-talk-to-people-on-the-phone/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/beck-3337_email_i-try-not-to-do-email-i-try-to-talk-to-p_988583.png)

> [I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-just-go-in-the-studio-and-write-on-the-spot-and-see-what-comes-out/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f55/beck-3337_spots_i-just-go-in-the-studio-and-write-on-the_1229098.png)

> [I'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-m-always-working-on-my-own-music-too-i-ve-been-working-on-a-record/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/beck-3337_always-working_i-m-always-working-on-my-own-music-too-i_1090954.png)

> [Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/sometimes-things-in-life-take-a-few-years-to-digest-and-they-find/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b8/beck-3337_appropriate_sometimes-things-in-life-take-a-few-year_2168786.png)

> [There are a lot of people who really abused sampling and gave it a bad name, by just taking people's entire hit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/there-are-a-lot-of-people-who-really-abused-sampling-and-gave-it-a/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Abuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abuse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/beck-3337_abuse_there-are-a-lot-of-people-who-really-abu_2618180.jpg)

> [When you use some of the more modern recording devices and Pro Tools, when you get into the technology, you are aching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/when-you-use-some-of-the-more-modern-recording-devices-and-pro-tools/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/beck-3337_devices_when-you-use-some-of-the-more-modern-rec_1320865.png)

> [When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/when-my-nephew-was-3-and-4-he-would-say-the-most-genius-things-he/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Dog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dog/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/beck-3337_dog_when-my-nephew-was-3-and-4-he-would-say_1837910.png)

> [“There's a destination,a little up the road. From the habitations and the towns we know. A place we saw the lights turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/there-s-a-destination-a-little-up-the-road-from-the-habitations-and/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Destination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destination/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/beck-3337_destination_there-s-a-destination-a-little-up-the-ro_261098.png)

> [Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going to be. All the other ideas that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/sea-change-was-so-specific-from-the-beginning-it-was-set-what-it-was/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/beck-3337_change_sea-change-was-so-specific-from-the-begi_913178.png)

> [What Spotify pays me is not even enough to pay the musicians playing with me or the people working on the discs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/what-spotify-pays-me-is-not-even-enough-to-pay-the-musicians-playing/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39d/beck-3337_enough_what-spotify-pays-me-is-not-even-enough_1737236.png)

> [The years keep going by and you realize, Wow. Doing these records is such a process: going on tour for a year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/the-years-keep-going-by-and-you-realize-wow-doing-these-records-is/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/beck-3337_half_the-years-keep-going-by-and-you-realize_2554464.jpg)

> [For the records I've work on over the last 10 years, I get sent the really compressed version and the non-compressed version,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/for-the-records-i-ve-work-on-over-the-last-10-years-i-get-sent-the/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/beck-3337_bigger_for-the-records-i-ve-work-on-over-the-la_1186149.png)

> [There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite. I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/there-s-a-perception-that-if-an-artist-produces-another-artist-they/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e04/beck-3337_art_there-s-a-perception-that-if-an-artist-p_149165.png)

> [Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic. But after a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/technology-was-something-i-avoided-when-i-started-out-i-didn-t-even-2/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/beck-3337_acoustic_technology-was-something-i-avoided-when_1117077.png)

> [I can't tell you how many things I've worked on where I sat on it for a few years, and then somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-can-t-tell-you-how-many-things-i-ve-worked-on-where-i-sat-on-it-for/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/beck-3337_another_i-can-t-tell-you-how-many-things-i-ve-wo_2517317.png)

> [I think I gave indications early on that mine wasn't just going to be a commercial, er, career. If that were the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-think-i-gave-indications-early-on-that-mine-wasn-t-just-going-to-be/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/beck-3337_careers_i-think-i-gave-indications-early-on-that_658965.png)

> [In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/in-recording-you-re-trying-to-make-something-work-sonically-getting/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/beck-3337_back_in-recording-you-re-trying-to-make-somet_2300093.png)

> [There are certain records from the 80s and early 90s that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/there-are-certain-records-from-the-80s-and-early-90s-that-you-love/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/beck-3337_age_there-are-certain-records-from-the-80s-a_3112133.jpg)

> [It was disturbing to me that an idea or a song could become something so different from what you originally intended. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/it-was-disturbing-to-me-that-an-idea-or-a-song-could-become-something/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Billboards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/billboards/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/beck-3337_billboards_it-was-disturbing-to-me-that-an-idea-or_1177253.png)

> [ \[Early on,\] the attitude was that what I was doing wasn't music. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/early-on-the-attitude-was-that-what-i-was-doing-wasn-t-music/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Attitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attitude/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/beck-3337_attitude_early-on-the-attitude-was-that-what-i-wa_39878.png)

> [Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/every-band-i-knew-or-played-with-had-flyers-and-properly-recorded/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/beck-3337_band_every-band-i-knew-or-played-with-had-fly_2333473.png)

> [There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/there-s-a-perception-that-if-an-artist-produces-another-artist-they-2/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/beck-3337_art_there-s-a-perception-that-if-an-artist-p_1021329.png)

> [It gets a little bit troublesome when you have something that's overcompressed that shouldn't be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/it-gets-a-little-bit-troublesome-when-you-have-something-that-s/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15d/beck-3337_bits_it-gets-a-little-bit-troublesome-when-yo_82517.png)

> [I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-m-just-taking-one-step-at-a-time-i-could-zigzag-one-way-but-it-s/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[One step at a time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/one-step-at-a-time/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/beck-3337_one-step-at-a-time_i-m-just-taking-one-step-at-a-time-i-cou_834247.png)

> [There's never any pressure on the music having to be something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/there-s-never-any-pressure-on-the-music-having-to-be-something/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/beck-3337_any_there-s-never-any-pressure-on-the-music_628161.png)

> [Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/sometimes-reissues-can-be-revelatory-or-put-the-original-record-in-a/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/beck-3337_different_sometimes-reissues-can-be-revelatory-or_2230601.png)

> [I have for four years now been ringing the bell. Economic Holocaust is coming. Economic day of reckoning is coming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-have-for-four-years-now-been-ringing-the-bell-economic-holocaust-is/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Bells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bells/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10f/beck-3337_bells_i-have-for-four-years-now-been-ringing-t_3027803.png)

> [You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/you-have-to-shelve-a-lot-of-your-inspiration-there-s-only-so-much-you/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Inspiration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspiration/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/beck-3337_inspiration_you-have-to-shelve-a-lot-of-your-inspira_2495348.png)

> [As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/as-society-changes-as-politics-change-as-people-change-certain-songs/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/beck-3337_certain_as-society-changes-as-politics-change-as_293726.png)

> [Whatever you do has to be commercial and it can't be too distracting - it has to be background music, basically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/whatever-you-do-has-to-be-commercial-and-it-can-t-be-too-distracting/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Background music](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/background-music/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/beck-3337_background-music_whatever-you-do-has-to-be-commercial-and_2909239.png)

> [I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-m-more-critical-of-my-songwriting-than-anybody-but-i-ve-worked-2/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/beck-3337_critical_i-m-more-critical-of-my-songwriting-than_1728552.png)

> [Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/two-men-look-out-the-same-prison-bars-one-sees-mud-and-the-other-stars/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Attitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attitude/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/beck-3337_attitude_two-men-look-out-the-same-prison-bars-on_3218880.png)

> [With my own music, I try to get away from things that are familiar and things that would be easy for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/with-my-own-music-i-try-to-get-away-from-things-that-are-familiar-and/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1c/beck-3337_easy_with-my-own-music-i-try-to-get-away-from_948171.png)

> [It's hard to make music knowing that it's not going to be received by the listener in the way that it should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/it-s-hard-to-make-music-knowing-that-it-s-not-going-to-be-received-by/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dba/beck-3337_hard_it-s-hard-to-make-music-knowing-that-it_1782479.png)

> [Somebody else is satisfied by five Bentleys. I'm satisfied by a beautiful string arrangement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/somebody-else-is-satisfied-by-five-bentleys-i-m-satisfied-by-a/)

[Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/)

[Arrangements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrangements/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/beck-3337_arrangements_somebody-else-is-satisfied-by-five-bentl_3227697.png)

## Beck by topic

[Song (34)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/beck/) [Music (33)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/beck/) [People (23)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/beck/) [Time (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/beck/) [Thinking (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/beck/) [Sound (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sound/beck/)

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