--- title: "Best Beck Quotations" description: "Beck David Hansen, known as Beck, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Browse 133 Beck quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b138/author-beck-3337.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b138/author-beck-3337.jpg) # Beck **133** quotes in **687** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Beck David Hansen, known as Beck, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. ## Quotes by Beck · Page 4 > [To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/to-me-rock-star-conjures-up-something-like-a-mystic-someone-who-sees/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/beck-3337_above_to-me-rock-star-conjures-up-something-li_3029574.png) > [Growing up, a film was an action film or it was a comedy or it was romantic, but you don't really see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/growing-up-a-film-was-an-action-film-or-it-was-a-comedy-or-it-was/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/beck-3337_action_growing-up-a-film-was-an-action-film-or_2838443.png) > [There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/there-s-some-quality-you-get-when-you-re-not-totally-comfortable-when/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/beck-3337_blow_there-s-some-quality-you-get-when-you-re_1306723.png) > [We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and put their hands in the air; then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/we-play-a-hip-hop-song-and-suddenly-25-people-on-the-left-jump-up-and/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/beck-3337_about_we-play-a-hip-hop-song-and-suddenly-25-p_770798.png) > [There's more things that I'd like to do. You know, each song is a little bit of a puzzle. I see most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/there-s-more-things-that-i-d-like-to-do-you-know-each-song-is-a/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/beck-3337_attempts_there-s-more-things-that-i-d-like-to-do_2044064.png) > [When you say 'state' you mean 'national.' National Socialism. That is what Mussolini and Hitler did. National Socialism. State Capitalism. They've changed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/when-you-say-state-you-mean-national-national-socialism-that-is-what/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Capitalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capitalism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/beck-3337_capitalism_when-you-say-state-you-mean-national-nat_1351819.png) > [You can't meditate on walking or certain human habits. You concentrate too much on the way you walk, and you'll start walking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/you-can-t-meditate-on-walking-or-certain-human-habits-you-concentrate/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/beck-3337_certain_you-can-t-meditate-on-walking-or-certain_2209047.png) > [I enjoy recording live better, but I think by the nature of it you are going to end up with something that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-enjoy-recording-live-better-but-i-think-by-the-nature-of-it-you-are/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89e/beck-3337_bits_i-enjoy-recording-live-better-but-i-thin_2956072.png) > [When I did "Top of the Pops" for the first time, Ace of Base was one of the other bands, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/when-i-did-top-of-the-pops-for-the-first-time-ace-of-base-was-one-of/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/beck-3337_aces_when-i-did-top-of-the-pops-for-the-first_616741.png) > [If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/if-someone-is-making-a-judgment-when-they-don-t-have-firsthand/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Judgment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/judgment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/beck-3337_judgment_if-someone-is-making-a-judgment-when-the_2997297.png) > [I didn't want to be on a major label. I wanted all the attention and the noise to go away because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/i-didn-t-want-to-be-on-a-major-label-i-wanted-all-the-attention-and/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/beck-3337_attention_i-didn-t-want-to-be-on-a-major-label-i-w_2322155.png) > [Just out of curiosity, I wonder what makes music or culture or taste go in certain directions. Who knows what the forces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/just-out-of-curiosity-i-wonder-what-makes-music-or-culture-or-taste/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/beck-3337_behinds_just-out-of-curiosity-i-wonder-what-make_2156163.png) > [There are people who've prepared their whole lives for real heavy success and bask in it. They're so good at it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/there-are-people-who-ve-prepared-their-whole-lives-for-real-heavy/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/beck-3337_heavy_there-are-people-who-ve-prepared-their-w_1741309.jpg) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beck/#itemlist", "name": "Beck Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the key to the secret that people want to know.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Beck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/to-me-rock-star-conjures-up-something-like-a-mystic-someone-who-sees/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/beck-3337_above_to-me-rock-star-conjures-up-something-li_3029574.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/beck-3337_above_to-me-rock-star-conjures-up-something-li_3029574.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/beck-3337_above_to-me-rock-star-conjures-up-something-li_3029574.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people…” — Beck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Growing up, a film was an action film or it was a comedy or it was romantic, but you don't really see such stark lines between genres nowadays.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Beck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beck/growing-up-a-film-was-an-action-film-or-it-was-a-comedy-or-it-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/beck-3337_action_growing-up-a-film-was-an-action-film-or_2838443.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/beck-3337_action_growing-up-a-film-was-an-action-film-or_2838443.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/beck-3337_action_growing-up-a-film-was-an-action-film-or_2838443.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Growing up, a film was an action film or it was a comedy or it was romantic, but you don't really see such…” — Beck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. 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