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
littles
I did that Grammys thing - I did a little freeform poem.
years lasts songwriting
I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.
trying records
I would love to do an electronic record. There's just so much to see and do and try. And life goes by.
winning expectations praying
I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.
beautiful strings bentley
Somebody else is satisfied by five Bentleys. I'm satisfied by a beautiful string arrangement.
limitless miscellaneous limitation
The limitations are limitless.
ocean ideas sea
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.
home years records
The years keep going by and you realize, Wow. Doing these records is such a process: going on tour for a year and a half, then you get home and you want to do other things.
song writing guitar
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.
typewriters years computer
I didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002.
thinking trying boring
I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.
song work thinking
I think everybody should just turn off their TV machines and make up their own songs about whatever comes to mind-their couch, their friends their loaves of bread. Everybody's got their own songs. There should be so many songs out there that it all turns into one big sound and we can put the whole thing into a pickup truck and let it roll off the edge of the Grand Canyon.
leader needs revolutionary
You must see yourself as guardian, somebody who will preserve what is true and pass it on. Be a guardian. We don't need militants or revolutionaries. We need guardians. We need leaders.
light records different
Sometimes, reissues can be revelatory, or put the original record in a different light, but those are rare.