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.
BeckI think everybody should just turn off their TV machines and make up their own songs about whatever comes to mind-their couch, their friends their loaves of bread. Everybody's got their own songs. There should be so many songs out there that it all turns into one big sound and we can put the whole thing into a pickup truck and let it roll off the edge of the Grand Canyon.
BeckThere's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite.
BeckI enjoy recording live better, but I think by the nature of it you are going to end up with something that's a little bit more traditional.
BeckEvery band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.
BeckI'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 take it all that seriously when I started. It was a little bit of a stigma to being a songwriter or a folkie back then. I did a lot of send-ups of sensitive singer-songwriter stuff when I was starting out, which limited my development as a songwriter in a way. I wasn't really fully given license to explore that until the mid-90s. I'm still working on it; I'm a little bit of a late bloomer.
Beck