Anything to shake you out of the normal habits is good. — Samuel Ervin Beam Anything Copy Share Image
As a writer, there is only so much of your own life you can draw on. — Samuel Ervin Beam Draw 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 learn something with each record and take that into the next one. — Samuel Ervin Beam Education Copy Share Image
A thing can be too pretty and perfect, so if you kick some dirt on it, then it feels like you wore… — Samuel Ervin Beam Around 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
My wife is a midwife, and there's only so many states where you can do that. Texas is a place where she… — Samuel Ervin Beam Marriage Copy Share Image
Love songs are helpful. We've always needed as much love as we could possibly need. — Samuel Ervin Beam Always 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
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'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
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
Well, for me, I grew up in the Carolinas, and it's our mythology. Those are the characters that we learn about how… — Samuel Ervin Beam Learn Copy Share Image
I listen to everything: noise, classical, jazz. I like lots of different types of food. There's no way you could get me… — Samuel Ervin Beam Different types 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
I like having a big band because it gives you more options. They can always not play and I can do the… — Samuel Ervin Beam Arrangements Copy Share Image
Like anyone who records music or writes a song, I thought, 'Wouldn't that be cool if someday I were able to do… — Samuel Ervin Beam Cool Copy Share Image
All my songs usually borrow from my own life but pull from fantasy or other people's stories that you hear, or something… — Samuel Ervin Beam Different places 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 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
As far as American directors, Terrence Malick is probably my very favorite. — Samuel Ervin Beam American 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
I like short records in general that you can swallow in one sitting. — Samuel Ervin Beam General Copy Share Image
I was raised in the suburbs. I wasn't on a plantation or anything. — Samuel Ervin Beam Anything Copy Share Image
You cannot predict public taste. That's why I always just trusted mine. — Samuel Ervin Beam Always Copy Share Image
I like to make things. When you make something, you work it and you work it until it's done, and then you… — Samuel Ervin Beam Creative 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
What's fascinating about facial hair? It's more fascinating that people shave it off every day. — Samuel Ervin Beam Day Copy Share Image
I've always liked string sections. I'm a sucker for melody, so it's fun to have strings add more layer of melody in… — Samuel Ervin Beam Always 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
Music is one of those things that if you play it safe, it can be incredibly boring. — Samuel Ervin Beam Boring Copy Share Image
