Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude. -Beck Art
If you look at an old piece of sheet music, there's all kinds of text on it, there are ads, there are proclamations of the greatest songs' success, there's artwork. So there is a tactile, physical experience of learning the song and the way it's notated. -Beck Learning
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. -Beck Learning
Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude. -Beck Nature
I'm really fascinated by lingos and colloquialisms that are outmoded and have gone by the wayside. I love the way people spoke in the '30s, and the amazing slang of the mid-'60s and '70s. -Beck Amazing
As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate. -Beck Society
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. -Beck Romantic
Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude. -Beck Attitude
As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate. -Beck Politics
In recording, you're trying to make something work sonically - getting the right inflection on the right guitar sound - and maybe a part that would be musically great doesn't sound as cool. On paper, though, it's all stripped back. The musical idea is the one that wins. -Beck Cool
