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
backgrounds background-music
Whatever you do has to be commercial and it can't be too distracting - it has to be background music, basically.
quality
There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable.
song artist years
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.
song thinking winning
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.
trying would-be easy
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.
long periods long-periods-of-time
When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.
art design should
No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
song done music-is
I'm sure the music is going to come out. I'm not sure if I'm going to put out 12"s or put the songs on my website. I just have to get them done.
growing-up lines action
Growing up, a film was an action film or it was a comedy or it was romantic, but you don't really see such stark lines between genres nowadays.
dog nephew genius
When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines.
men please
You can't please everybody, man,
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.