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Beck
Beck
American Musician
Born: Jul 8, 1970
Me Music People Think Time You
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As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate. Beck
Politics Change People Resonate People Change Society Changes Seem Songs Still Certain
When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines. Beck
Great You Genius Thought Nephew Say Those Macho Would He Most Said Dogs Hammer Lines Just Just One Things
I had long hair when I was a teenager. Beck
Long Hair Teenager Long Hair Had
I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose. Beck
Time Way One-Way Purpose Could Step Taking Just Zigzag
Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way. Beck
You Way Find Always Goes Anything Interesting Interesting Things Things
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. Beck
Me People Key Other Secret Someone Above Something Sees Mystic Like Know Himself Rock Rock Star Up Want Who Star
I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere. Beck
You Genius Hair Think Wig Enough Everywhere Emerges Put True True Genius Known Beck Artist Going Then
Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude. Beck
Attitude Art Nature Mother Face Darling Features Trace Yes Child Aspect Whom Her
I didn't want to do something typical. Beck
Typical Something Want
I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out. Beck
Out See Write Studio Spot Go Just
I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by. Beck
Life Love Try Would See Record Goes Just Much Electronic
If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about? Beck
You Experience Judgment Intolerant About Someone Something Know Make Firsthand How Making
In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the little speeches the stewardesses would do. They even do little speeches before you play gigs. Beck
You Before Airplane Would Gigs Bullet Train Get Loved Little Japan Even Play Speeches
Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going to be. All the other ideas that I had at the time I had to put to the side. Beck
Time Change Beginning Other Side Had Put Ideas Going Sea Sea Change Specific Set
Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight years ago-they just took a long time to distill and come out in the appropriate way. Beck
Life Work Time Writing Sometimes Long Long Time Few Digest Took Appropriate Later Way Out Find About Take Come Years Just Eight Things
There's 40 or 50 songs that nobody's heard that I've done in between albums. There's a whole evolution from Midnite Vultures to Sea Change that's never been released. Beck
Change Released Evolution Never Songs Between Nobody Been Heard Done In-Between Sea Sea Change Whole Albums
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 on your face. You could completely blow it. Beck
You Quality Face Fall Some Totally Could Comfortable Doing Get Blow Your Used
We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and put their hands in the air; then you play Lost Cause and they're like, I don't know about this one. Beck
You People Song Cause Lost Air About Put Like Know Hip-Hop Left Up Jump Hands Then Suddenly Play
I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for. Beck
Starving Hoping Something Winning Never Had Praying Expectations Any Grammy Set
There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing. Beck
You Song Writing Own Record Something Know Sing Going Different Happens Your
Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they already exist somewhere else. Beck
Time Sometimes Inspire Will Somewhere Else Lyrics Hopefully Somewhere Else Idea Most Exist Subject Story
In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool. On paper, though, it's all stripped back. The musical idea is the one that wins. Beck
Work Great You Guitar Recording Back Musical Paper Musically Stripped Though Would Would-Be Something Wins Part Idea Make Sound Trying Getting Maybe Cool Right
I've personally reached the point where the sound of MP3s are so uncompelling, because so much is lost in translation. Beck
Lost Translation Point Reached Because Sound Where Personally Much
Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig. Beck
Band Every Flyers Gig Had Knew Contacts Demos Get Even Played
Something just happens when you're making a record, where certain things start to come out. It's just something in the air. Beck
You Air Out Record Something Come Making Just Where Happens Just Something Certain Certain Things Things Start
When I started out playing small clubs, you could feel the room recoil from certain kinds of songs. Anything that was too personal, that had a sentiment to it, or was laying out your feelings, was immediately booed. People would start throwing things. And anything that was really provocative or humorous or radical was embraced or cheered. Beck
You People Feelings Sentiment Radical Too Humorous Immediately Out Recoil Would Embraced Kinds Small Laying Could Throwing Had Songs Feel Provocative Personal Anything Clubs Room Really Certain Your Things Start Started Playing
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