Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen, known by stage name Beck, is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is mostly known for his musical composition, as well as a palette of sonic genres...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth8 July 1970
CountryUnited States of America
pressure feels no-pressure
I'm happy in English studios. I just feel like there's no pressure anywhere.
running writing guitar
I've tried to become a singer with the guitar and not let any technological licks run my life. Just write the licks and play them as best as I can as a part rather than ad libbing.
careers two people
I would have loved to have been two people, but I was determined not to devote my entire life to my career.
music parent radio
When Jazz broke through in England, I remember sneaking to listen on the radio much to my parent's disapproval.
music hysteria shapes
There was mass hysteria in the Chess Recording Studio when I did the "Shapes of Things" solo ... they weren't expecting it, and it was just some weird mist coming from the East out of an amp.
thinking guitar upset
Can't stand it. Too many amps, too much volume, it's just flat-out ear assault. Speedy guitars leave me not feeling detached but physically upset. When you think of all the subtleties that were built into the guitar and amps for you to discover they completely cover the whole lot with a rack of effects. The guitar doesn't need that.
tunes albums ifs
If you don't have an album or you don't have any tune, you can't start.
differences guitar woods
I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. The electric guitar seemed to be a totally fascinating plank of wood with knobs and switches on it. I just had to have one.
long feelings too-much
I like an element of chaos in music. That feeling is the best thing ever, as long as you don't have too much of it.
mean doctors people
Yes, it's in my left ear. It's excruciating... I mean, it's the worst thing 'cause it's not... It never... It does go away - it's not true to say that it doesn't but, uhh... It doesn't... The doctors say it won't... It isn't actually going away - you've just gotta suppress... They try to come to terms with what it actually... Why some people fear it - that's the psychology behind it. They know it's there but why is it such a horrible sound? Well, you can say why is a guy scratching at a window with his nails such a horrible sound - I couldn't put up with that! This is worse!
plot ifs success-or-failure
If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.
guitar magic trying
I try to become a singer. The guitar has always been abused with distortion units and funny sorts of effects, but when you don't do that and just let the genuine sound come through, there's a whole magic there.
people amy want
It's a diabolical business. I can't imagine how hellish it must be to be hounded like Amy Winehouse and people like that. I have a little peripheral place on the outskirts of celebrity, when I go to premieres and that sort of stuff, which is as close as I want to get.
music play way
I play the way I do cause it allows me to come up w/ the sickest sounds possible. That's the point now isn't it?