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.

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

Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.

Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic.

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

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.

My whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche...it's one of the reasons a lot of my generation are always on the fence about things. They're afraid to commit to anything for fear of seeming like a cliche. They're afraid to commit to their lives because they see so much of the world as a cliche.