41 Samuel Ervin Beam Quotes for You to Enjoy

Samuel Ervin Beam

American Musician

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I recognized that a lot in my writing I'm trying to show both sides of the coin - the sour and sweet. Iron & Wine seemed to fit with that duality and I thought it would be more interesting to call the project that rather than use Sam Beam. Samuel Ervin Beam

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I like having a big band because it gives you more options. They can always not play and I can do the quiet stuff, but when we want to do the big arrangements, we can. Samuel Ervin Beam

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I was raised in the suburbs. I wasn't on a plantation or anything. Samuel Ervin Beam

I Was Raised Anything Suburbs Plantation Raised

You cannot predict public taste. That's why I always just trusted mine. Samuel Ervin Beam

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The things that have been most popular with people have always been a total surprise, and so I've never felt like I could really truthfully predict public taste, so why bother? Samuel Ervin Beam

I'm a movie buff, and I'm interested in the craft of it. Samuel Ervin Beam

Buff Craft Movie Interested

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 a certain way. I'm not like 'hey kids - check this out.' No matter what they do, your dad is still your dad. Nothing is going to help you out in that regard. Dad is just not cool. Samuel Ervin Beam

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You have high school photos and stuff, but to have a recording of your voice and your work from 20 years ago, it's a kick in the head to hear how you've changed and what you were interested in at the time and how it's either changed or stayed the same. Samuel Ervin Beam

I try to write humanistic songs. Samuel Ervin Beam

Try Write Songs Humanistic

What's around the corner is always more exciting than the corner that I'm on, unfortunately. Samuel Ervin Beam

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I listen to everything: noise, classical, jazz. I like lots of different types of food. There's no way you could get me to eat the same meal everyday, so why would I do the same with music? Samuel Ervin Beam

I live in Texas, man. It's hard to be a vegetarian down here. Samuel Ervin Beam

Man Down Live Vegetarian Texas Hard Here

Sometimes you have to be reminded where you were at the time, and songs are a good vehicle for that. It's so funny how those things are connected with your memory. Samuel Ervin Beam

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I don't really listen to a lot of stuff that sounds real similar to me because I work on that kind of music all day. I end up listening to more jazz, stuff that I can't really play. Samuel Ervin Beam

Every musician that comes along teaches me something. Samuel Ervin Beam

Me Every Musician Something Along Teaches

I like ones that pertain to the music they make. Talking Heads does that somehow. More often than not band names are just a quirky joke that doesn't really stay funny for very long. It's like Homer Simpson's barbershop quartet, the Be Sharps. At first you're like, 'That's funny!' Then you're like, 'It's not that funny.' Samuel Ervin Beam

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