You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record. Beck More Quotes by Beck More Quotes From Beck I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record. Beck quality play thinking There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. Beck quality comfortable Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars. Beck stars positive happiness I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche. Beck cliche generations thinking Your heart is a drum keeping time with everyone. Beck heart Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead Beck desert wind world 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 albums sea song I think everybody should just turn off their TV machines and make up their own songs about whatever comes to mind-their couch, their friends their loaves of bread. Everybody's got their own songs. There should be so many songs out there that it all turns into one big sound and we can put the whole thing into a pickup truck and let it roll off the edge of the Grand Canyon. Beck work song thinking As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate. Beck change song people Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way. Beck anything-goes way interesting You can't write if you can't relate. Beck relate writing inspire I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out. Beck spots studios writing 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 artist hair thinking Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself. Beck fire writing song The limitations are limitless. Beck miscellaneous limitation limitless I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose. Beck purpose steps way I think I gave indications early on that mine wasn't just going to be a commercial, er, career. If that were the case, then the first record would have been 10 versions of 'Loser.' I always thought it would be interesting if there was no such thing as gold and platinum records, or record deals, and people were just making music. What would the music sound like? Beck careers people thinking I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve. Beck songwriting lasts years I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me? Beck kill-me loser baby I enjoy recording live better, but I think by the nature of it you are going to end up with something that's a little bit more traditional. Beck ends littles thinking
