Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.

When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.

Set your guitars and banjos on fire and before you write a song smoke a pack of whiskey and it'll all take care of itself.

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.

I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.

There are certain records that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them as an example of great production.

You can't write if you can't relate.