Beck

There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing. ”

In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments. ”

To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the key to the secret that people want to know. ”

I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function. ”

Being able to take musical ideas through every iteration is attractive to me. Granted, not everyone's going to want to listen to that, but it should exist. ”

I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible. ”

The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing. ”

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. ”

It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out. ”

I had long hair when I was a teenager. ”