Somebody else is satisfied by five Bentleys. I'm satisfied by a beautiful string arrangement.

Just out of curiosity, I wonder what makes music or culture or taste go in certain directions. Who knows what the forces are behind it.

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.

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

I didn't even have a computer until like 10 years ago. I was still using a typewriter until 2002.

There are a lot of technical studio things I've learned or figured out, and I feel like I could use those things to help other people with what they're doing.

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.