16 Quotes & Sayings By Beck

Beck is a multi-platinum selling and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and producer known as the mastermind of “alternative” rock, pop and hip hop. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide, won six Grammys including two for Best Alternative Album, and has been nominated for a total of eleven. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the alternative rock group, Nirvana.

Every time you go in, it's like starting over. You...
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Every time you go in, it's like starting over. You don't know how you did the other records. You're learning all over. It's some weird musician amnesia, or maybe the road wipes it out. Beck
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Some need diamonds some need love Some need cards some need luck Some need dollar bills lining their clothesall I need is, all I need is two white horses in a line Beck
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You're just the girl of my dreams But it seems my dreams never come true Beck
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Lonesome tears I can't cry them anymore I can't think of what they're for Oh they ruin me every time But I'll try to leave behind some days These tears just can't erase I don't need them anymore How could this love Ever turning Never turn its eye on me How could this love Ever changing Never change the way I feel Lazy sun your eyes catch the light With the promises that might Come true for awhile Oh I'll ride farther than I should Harder than I could Just to meet you there How could this love Ever turning Never turn its eye on me How could this love Ever changing Never change the way I feel . Beck
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These spider webs are my home now Beck
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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
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I love British humor. It's just so - surreal. Beck
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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
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record. Beck
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If you look at an old piece of sheet music, there's all kinds of text on it, there are ads, there are proclamations of the greatest songs' success, there's artwork. So there is a tactile, physical experience of learning the song and the way it's notated. Beck
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I'm really fascinated by lingos and colloquialisms that are outmoded and have gone by the wayside. I love the way people spoke in the '30s, and the amazing slang of the mid-'60s and '70s. Beck
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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
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As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate. Beck
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Growing up, a film was an action film or it was a comedy or it was romantic, but you don't really see such stark lines between genres nowadays. Beck
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Two men look out the same prison bars one sees mud and the other stars. Beck