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
song stupid party
It was disturbing to me that an idea or a song could become something so different from what you originally intended. It's like if a friend took a stupid picture of you at a party on their phone, and the next thing you knew, it was on every billboard.
gigs band flyers
Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.
party welcome wonder
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.
fall blow quality
There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
attitude
[Early on,] the attitude was that what I was doing wasn't music.
way steps purpose
I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.
judgment ifs knows
If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?
british surreal
I love British humor. It's just so - surreal.
vocabulary doe sound
Eventually, if you're experimenting with a sound that's unfamiliar, it gets absorbed, and somebody comes and does it better, and it becomes part of a vocabulary.
writing eight years
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.
teenager hair long
I had long hair when I was a teenager.
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.