100 Quotes by Samuel Ervin Beam

You can't predict what people are going to like. You have to stay true to your enthusiasm and obsessions.

As a listener, I like shorter records, because you can really absorb the songs.

Music is one of those things that if you play it safe, it can be incredibly boring.

I have a hard time saying I'm going to make a whole record of just rock-out songs, because that gets boring, you know? And my voice doesn't scream very well.

I like ones that pertain to the music they make. Talking Heads does that somehow. More often than not band names are just a quirky joke that doesn't really stay funny for very long. It's like Homer Simpson's barbershop quartet, the Be Sharps. At first you're like, 'That's funny!' Then you're like, 'It's not that funny.'

I recognized that a lot in my writing I'm trying to show both sides of the coin - the sour and sweet. Iron & Wine seemed to fit with that duality and I thought it would be more interesting to call the project that rather than use Sam Beam.

Sometimes I teach script writing.

What's fascinating about facial hair? It's more fascinating that people shave it off every day.

As far as American directors, Terrence Malick is probably my very favorite.