100 Quotes by Samuel Ervin Beam

Anything to shake you out of the normal habits is good.

I'll always err on the side of art for art's sake.

I always liked American Analog Set.

I'm pretty easy going. I can be anyway. I definitely have my moments. You can ask my kids. But I try to be nice.

Back in '98 or so when I was in film school I was working on lighting for a movie in Georgia, out in the middle of nowhere at a gas station. Inside the gas station they had a bunch of old home remedies like castor oil, and one of them was a protein supplement called Beef, Iron & Wine. I just dropped the Beef part.

Religion is a huge part of our consciousness. I grew up in the Bible Belt, so it's our mythology. Those are the stories we learn as little kids at Sunday school. I'm not afraid to use the metaphors, because I think the stories are beautiful.

My folks had a lot of Motown records, so that was a kind of an early inspiration. I grew up on the radio really.

I live in Texas, man. It's hard to be a vegetarian down here.

I try to write humanistic songs.