As a writer, there is only so much of your own life you can draw on. — Samuel Ervin Beam Life Copy Share Image
I like short records in general that you can swallow in one sitting. — Samuel Ervin Beam General Copy Share Image
I would love to be able to do the pace that people used to do decades ago, where you'd make a record… — Samuel Ervin Beam Love Copy Share Image
I certainly don't want to make the same record twice. That's no fun. — Samuel Ervin Beam Fun Copy Share Image
I have a hard time saying I'm going to make a whole record of just rock-out songs, because that gets boring, you… — Samuel Ervin Beam Boring Copy Share Image
I am not interested in political writing, because it's limited in its scope. I try to write general, human kinds of songs,… — Samuel Ervin Beam Human Copy Share Image
I was raised in the suburbs. I wasn't on a plantation or anything. — Samuel Ervin Beam Anything Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to be reminded where you were at the time, and songs are a good vehicle for that. It's so… — Samuel Ervin Beam Funny Copy Share Image
I change things each time we go into making a record, like the personnel playing on it, the types of music. — Samuel Ervin Beam Change Copy Share Image
Whenever you're ready to go and have studio time, that's when we start to record. — Samuel Ervin Beam Go Copy Share Image
I didn't really intend on having a music career. It just kind of happened. — Samuel Ervin Beam Career Copy Share Image
My folks had a lot of Motown records, so that was a kind of an early inspiration. I grew up on the… — Samuel Ervin Beam Early Copy Share Image
I went to an art school and you learn very quickly there that you're only as good as your next idea, not… — Samuel Ervin Beam Art Copy Share Image
At art school you realize that in order to stay engaged you have to ignore the critics, good and bad. — Samuel Ervin Beam Art Copy Share Image
I was just writing songs in my spare time, and recording because it's fun to do, and Sub Pop called me and… — Samuel Ervin Beam Commitment Copy Share Image
I don't like to be doing the same thing over and over again, so I keep trying other things. — Samuel Ervin Beam Again Copy Share Image
People always say, 'Why don't you play more sets in Texas?' and I say, 'Dude, why don't you come babysit?' — Samuel Ervin Beam Always Copy Share Image
Oh yeah, I love Peter Gabriel's stuff. I mean, I even have the Genesis records. He's incredible. — Samuel Ervin Beam Even Copy Share Image
I don't sit and write records from start to finish. I write all the time, and when it's time to record you… — Samuel Ervin Beam Look Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing having a recording be part of your career. It means you can go back and revisit yourself, in… — Samuel Ervin Beam Career Copy Share Image
