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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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Beck
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: July 8
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Bek David Campbell
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Originally, the lyrics to Girl were really upbeat, and then it didn't work for me somehow. You need the dichotomy. If you're doing something happy and light, you need the shadows.
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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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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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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable.
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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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Somebody else is satisfied by five Bentleys. I'm satisfied by a beautiful string arrangement.
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Sometimes things in life take a few years to digest, and they find their way into the work later on. Sometimes I'm writing about things from eight years ago-they just took a long time to distill and come out in the appropriate way.
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Just out of curiosity, I wonder what makes music or culture or taste go in certain directions. Who knows what the forces are behind it.
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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 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
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.
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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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My whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche...it's one of the reasons a lot of my generation are always on the fence about things. They're afraid to commit to anything for fear of seeming like a cliche. They're afraid to commit to their lives because they see so much of the world as a cliche.
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It's so easy to criticize your own time, and I see that as a problem, even for myself, as a listener.
Beck
I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.
Beck
Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead
Beck
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
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.
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I do think music sounds better when it's on tape and more simply recorded.
Beck
I just go in the studio and write on the spot and see what comes out.
Beck
