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I didn't want to do something typical.
Beck
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Beck
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: July 8
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I've been arguing with people for 10 years about tape versus digital, and I believe tape is absolutely essential in getting the sound that's conducive to the enjoyment of music.
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I don't remember half of the new bands, though - and I think that's kind of where we're going. It's turning into just a big derby of songs. May the best song win.
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When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.
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With my own music, I try to get away from things that are familiar and things that would be easy for me to go to.
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There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite.
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In Japan, you get on the bullet train or the airplane, and I loved the little speeches the stewardesses would do. They even do little speeches before you play gigs.
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There's an infinite amount of possibilities and detours and things that can distract you from actually just performing the song and having whatever emotion that's invested into the song come through in the recording.
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I didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable.
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I remember you would record a guitar part, and we would have to sit there for 15 or 20 minutes waiting for the computer to process it. You'd see the little wheel spinning on the computer, and you'd be praying that the hard drive didn't crash and you didn't lose the performance.
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I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.
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I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live.
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I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.
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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.
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I think it's interesting being American, the expectations for an American guy, and the image that has to be projected. 'Oh, I can't wear pink,' that kind of stuff. There's none of that in Europe.
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When I pull out vinyl - which isn't that often anymore - it's undeniable that I get a different feeling. There's a different physiology happening between the sound waves and the body that doesn't happen with music playing off the computer.
Beck
Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.
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Whatever you do has to be commercial and it can't be too distracting - it has to be background music, basically.
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I'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years.
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I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.
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