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
real people records
There are people who've prepared their whole lives for real heavy success and bask in it. They're so good at it and they obviously love it. I'm just happy to be making a record.
thinking europe interesting
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.
writing inspire relate
You can't write if you can't relate.
starting-over over-you records
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.
song years play
The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That went on for years.
mp3 sound lost
I've personally reached the point where the sound of MP3s are so uncompelling, because so much is lost in translation.
baby loser kill-me
I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?
inspiration records can-do
You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
girl light shadow
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.
world generations cliche
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.
giving socialism rich
Good Old Socialism ... Raping The Pocketbooks Of The Rich To Give To The Poor.
fashion years different
Most of my early records were not cohesive at all, just collections of demos recorded in different years. 'Odelay' was the first time I actually got to go in the studio and record a piece of music in a continuous linear fashion, although that was written over a year.
typical want
I didn't want to do something typical.
going-away want littles
I didn't want to be on a major label. I wanted all the attention and the noise to go away because I wanted to be something a little bit more substantial.