41 Samuel Ervin Beam Quotes for You to Enjoy

Samuel Ervin Beam

American Musician

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When I put out a record I don't really like to do covers as much, but I don't mind playing them. I do them mostly for my friends. When a friend's like, 'Man I really like that song,' I go 'hahaha' and I go home and I record it. Samuel Ervin Beam

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My day-to-day existence is, honestly, a little boring. Samuel Ervin Beam

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I went to an art school and you learn very quickly there that you're only as good as your next idea, not so much what you've got going on at the moment. And so I embraced that. It sunk in at an early point. Samuel Ervin Beam

Contradictions are fun. Samuel Ervin Beam

Contradictions Fun

I like to make fun records. Contrary to popular belief. Samuel Ervin Beam

Records Like Make Contrary Fun Popular Belief

I'm not religious. But I grew up religious in the Bible Belt. Samuel Ervin Beam

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I learned early on that you do yourself a disservice trying to replicate the record onstage every night. As a player, and for the audience I think, it's a mistake. Samuel Ervin Beam

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I was just writing songs in my spare time, and recording because it's fun to do, and Sub Pop called me and said they wanted to put some stuff out. I had to weigh whether I wanted to put the time into it because it's a commitment. But, in the end, it seemed too good to pass up. Samuel Ervin Beam

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I like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I prefer describing to rather than explaining. One, I rarely have anything to say. It's much more interesting for me to discover some meaning that you didn't know that you could create. Samuel Ervin Beam

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I like Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, but some of the older ones it's hard for me to sit down with - when I sit down to read some poetry, I usually read more contemporary stuff. Samuel Ervin Beam

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I certainly don't want to make the same record twice. That's no fun. Samuel Ervin Beam

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Yeah, I've always liked Barbara Crane's stuff. Samuel Ervin Beam

Stuff Liked Always Yeah Barbara

Me, I'm a lazy bum, so I don't shave. Samuel Ervin Beam

Me Lazy Shave Bum

I remember 'The Shepherd's Dog' record being not necessarily a political record, but a reaction to socio-political situations in America. And it didn't manifest itself as protest or propaganda songs, but there's a lot of surreal imagery that was born out of really me being surprised Bush got re-elected in '04. Samuel Ervin Beam

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