Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.
Beck
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Beck
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: July 8
Banjoist
Composer
Guitarist
Manufacturer
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Street Artist
LA
California
Beck Hansen
Bek David Campbell
Beck David Hansen
Think
Thinking
Cliche
Mission
Missions
Generation
Kill
Generations
Whole
More quotes by Beck
Eventually, if you're experimenting with a sound that's unfamiliar, it gets absorbed, and somebody comes and does it better, and it becomes part of a vocabulary.
Beck
There's more well-known artists who aren't making as good songs as people who are just coming out of nowhere. That seems to be more typical in the last few years than ever.
Beck
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.
Beck
I didn't want to do something typical.
Beck
I didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002.
Beck
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.
Beck
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
Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead
Beck
I've been practicing for years, trying to figure out how to record an entire band live.
Beck
Somebody else is satisfied by five Bentleys. I'm satisfied by a beautiful string arrangement.
Beck
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.
Beck
I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.
Beck
Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going to be. All the other ideas that I had at the time I had to put to the side.
Beck
Back then, Pro Tools only had four or eight tracks, so we couldn't actually hear all the tracks. We could only hear eight at a time, so if a song had 25 or 30 tracks, we wouldn't be able to hear it until we went into the studio an put it all on tape. The process was a little bit backwards.
Beck
I've said for years to wives and mothers, you must start to see yourself as Sarah Connor. You must equip your children with the information they need to survive an ever-changing world.
Beck
I do think music sounds better when it's on tape and more simply recorded.
Beck
It was disturbing to me that an idea or a song could become something so different from what you originally intended. It's like if a friend took a stupid picture of you at a party on their phone, and the next thing you knew, it was on every billboard.
Beck
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
Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.
Beck
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.
Beck
