I don't write Plastic Ono Band stuff, though I love that record. — Samuel Ervin Beam Band Copy Share Image
As a listener, I like shorter records, because you can really absorb the songs. — Samuel Ervin Beam Like Copy Share Image
I learn something with each record and take that into the next one. — Samuel Ervin Beam Education 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… — Samuel Ervin Beam Beautiful 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 Like 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… — Samuel Ervin Beam Communication 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… — Samuel Ervin Beam Band 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… — Samuel Ervin Beam Cool 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 Be nice 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 Amazing Copy Share Image
I like to keep working and keep changing. It's a hopeful, optimistic thing to think and sit about what you could do… — Samuel Ervin Beam Blind Copy Share Image
I was drawn to painting and filmmaking because I was interested in communicating visually, which spills over into my tendencies as a… — Samuel Ervin Beam Filmmaking Copy Share Image
You can sand something forever. You can keep working on it. All the arts are like that: there's no magical finish line.… — Samuel Ervin Beam Art Copy Share Image
I remember 'The Shepherd's Dog' record being not necessarily a political record, but a reaction to socio-political situations in America. And it… — Samuel Ervin Beam America 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 Change Copy Share Image
Making sad music, it's not for me. I don't find that interesting. — Samuel Ervin Beam Find Copy Share Image
I try to use a poetic language more than talk about my feelings, but it is married to the music. — Samuel Ervin Beam Feelings Copy Share Image
I like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I prefer describing to rather than explaining. One, I rarely have anything to say.… — Samuel Ervin Beam Create Copy Share Image
I'm not religious. But I grew up religious in the Bible Belt. — Samuel Ervin Beam Belt Copy Share Image
I learned early on that you do yourself a disservice trying to replicate the record onstage every night. As a player, and… — Samuel Ervin Beam Early Copy Share Image
