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Walter Becker
Walter Becker
American Musician
Born: Feb 20, 1950
Died: Sep 3, 2017
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I thought Twitter was a joke. I really thought it was a gag. I thought it was like National Lampoon or the Onion. Walter Becker
Thought Joke National Twitter Onion Like Gag Really
What about that Dave Brubeck live album, with a version of 'Like Someone in Love' on it, and long sax solos by Paul Desmond? That's what got me hooked on jazz. Walter Becker
Love Me Long Jazz Live Sax Hooked Solos About Someone Dave Like Got Version Paul Album Desmond
We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id. Walter Becker
Monsters Constantly ID Competing
Our career had a sort of funny shape. Walter Becker
Funny Our Shape Had Sort Career
My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians. Walter Becker
Time Best Musicians People Better Jazz Later Some Primary Along Period Well Well Known Known Were Time Period Same Same Time Blues Influences Pop Players
It was the 'Gaucho' album that finished us off. We had pursued an idea beyond the point where it was practical. That album took about two years, and we were working on it all of that time - all these endless tracking sessions involving different musicians. It took forever, and it was a very painful process. Walter Becker
Time Musicians Finished Took About Point Pursued Had Idea Beyond Involving Practical Tracking Were Years Off Very Forever Endless Where Different Process Us Working Painful Album Two
If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public. Walter Becker
Strange Way Would About Something Feel Like Know Owe Public Strange Way Certainly
I learned a lot from the various artists I produced. Either you see them doing something that you do want to do it, or you see them doing something the way you don't want to do it. Walter Becker
You Way See Something Various Learned Doing Lot Artists Want Either Them Produced
Singing, for me, means singing as loud as I can. Walter Becker
Me Singing Loud Means
I think the audience for Limp Bizkit is probably not going to be particularly interested in what we're doing. I don't think they'll find much that satisfies them in what we do. Walter Becker
Think Find Particularly Audience Limp Limp Bizkit Doing Going Interested Them Much Satisfies
With any relationship that goes on and is productive over a long period, there have to be some sort of interlocking qualities in those personalities that make it possible to survive. Walter Becker
Relationship Long Those Possible Some Long Period Over Period Qualities Make Sort Survive Goes Any Personalities To Survive Productive
People are really exercised about one particular thing, and that is themselves. They will bore you endlessly with their broken hearts. Walter Becker
Broken You People Will Bore About Particular Hearts Endlessly Themselves Really Thing
If any artist abuses his audience as a means to any end, noble or ignoble, he better have a damn good reason for it. Walter Becker
Good Better Damn Good Reason He Noble Abuse Audience His End Any Artist Means Reason
We opened for the Kinks, the Beach Boys, the Guess Who, Chuck Berry, Sha Na Na. We opened for Cheech and Chong - I opened for Cheech, and Don opened for Chong. Walter Becker
Guess Chuck Chuck Berry Berry Kinks Beach Beach Boys Opened Boy Who
I'm glad we turned into a big-time touring band later in life. In fact, it's almost like we planned it out that way. Walter Becker
Life Band Later Way Out Fact Glad Touring Almost Like In Fact Turned Planned
What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without substantial musical ideas. Without that as a foundation, you can add all the layers of sound you want - it's still going to sound like a mess. Walter Becker
You People Trouble Build Add Musical Musical Ideas Something Records Layers Like Ideas Mess Without Sound Still Up Gets Going Substantial Want Now Foundation
If you're playing in a room that holds 15,000 people, it's just a question of how bad the room acoustics are and in what way they're bad. Walter Becker
You People Way Bad How Question Just Holds Acoustics Room Playing
Some places you play in America, it's like 'On the Waterfront.' Walter Becker
You Waterfront Some Like America Places Play
You can't always count on the devices, attitudes, and conceits that stood you in good stead in 1972 or 1973, or 1978-79, to still have the same impact all these years later. Walter Becker
Good You Later Impact Stead Count Devices Attitudes Always Still Years Same Stood
I think every time, before we do an album, we have a discussion where we sort of consider the idea of doing something radically different. Walter Becker
Time Before Every Think Every Time Consider Something Idea Sort Doing Discussion Where Different Radically Album
I think that there's the self-imposed pressure to come up with something that's good. For guys like us, that's much more important than any external pressure could really be. Walter Becker
Good Pressure Important Think Something Guys More Could Come Like Up Than Any Us Much Really External
We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we enjoy it most. Walter Becker
Music Enjoy Music Scene Scene Allowed Most Operate Been Where Really
We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz. Walter Becker
Jazz Rush Ongoing Lightness Rock Roll Want Forward Swing Play Flow
I learned music from a book on piano theory. I was only interested in knowing about chords. From that, and from the 'Harvard Dictionary of Music,' I learned everything I wanted to know. Walter Becker
Music Book Everything Harvard About Only Piano Know Knowing Learned Dictionary Wanted Interested Theory Chords
It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out. Walter Becker
Love Me Jazz Everybody Out Able Mystery Never Been Figure Why
It's good - it's great when somebody who is 20 years younger than you comes up and says, 'Wow, we just got turned on to you guys, and you're really great,' or something like that. I like that. Walter Becker
Good Great You Somebody Says Wow Something Guys Like Got Years Up Than You Guys Just Younger Turned Really Who
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