193 Quotes by Beck

Sometimes, I think the way the music business has been destructive and the way the fans are been put through it and try to navigate through it, so much is so foreign to what musicians would actually want to do or what would be natural to them.

When I did "Top of the Pops" for the first time, Ace of Base was one of the other bands, and I have a memory of them on a small stage next to me in the TV studio. A memory of their performance is burned into my mind. Seared.

Back then, Pro Tools only had four or eight tracks, so we couldn't actually hear all the tracks. We could only hear eight at a time, so if a song had 25 or 30 tracks, we wouldn't be able to hear it until we went into the studio an put it all on tape. The process was a little bit backwards.

I remember you would record a guitar part, and we would have to sit there for 15 or 20 minutes waiting for the computer to process it. You'd see the little wheel spinning on the computer, and you'd be praying that the hard drive didn't crash and you didn't lose the performance.

When you use some of the more modern recording devices and Pro Tools, when you get into the technology, you are aching to get into some territory.

I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?

I do think music sounds better when it’s on tape and more simply recorded.

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.

You can’t write if you can’t relate.