Beck Quotes

Each time I've gone to the studio, the songs have got better and I've got more confident.

The thing that's cool about the recording booth is that it's so perfunctory, so cut-to-the-chase.

I'm sure I'll go back again and record in the digital process.

A lot of people get a high from being onstage. I found ways to enjoy it. But I get it from being in the studio.

When I record, it feels like I'm in a bubble. There's nothing else in my head right then. It's just that song, and I'm trying to really sound like what the song is about.

Nowadays you can record on your laptop with Pro Tools, which I do quite often.

I record all the time.

When you have a reputation for making not only good songs but great albums, that in itself creates added artistic pressure. But, at the end of the day, I guess that pressure is something I welcome.

I had already been making music for my whole high school life, and '10 Day,' which took me a whole year to finish, was about working with a lot of different producers and learning all of the aspects about being a rapper, from shows to recording to studio etiquette to marketing.

You can see how different artists work, from writing to recording, just from being in the studio environment with them.

There are artists that actually don't like going into the studio. They get mad when people say they've got a session. I'm just the opposite. I actually enjoy it.

I think people, just because of digital recording and how computers have become such an important part of our lives, I think the means to record music now is in more people's hands. It's a lot cheaper than it used to be.

Singing and playing live can be difficult. Like, in the studio, I would record either the music track first or the vocal first. I don't necessarily do them together.

Our writing, especially during 'Boxer' - the recording process was the writing process, which is not the way I would advise anyone else to do it.

It's rare when you stumble upon this amazing melody. We'd love to make a 'Let Me Love You' every time we go into the studio, but it's definitely a special one.

A lot of times, when you record something, the album becomes less about the music and more technical.

You can't just plug your guitar in your computer and make it sound like an old record.

I was playing with George Harrison one time, and George loves takes. This song was up to Take 160. I said, 'George, do you want me to play the same thing or 160 different things?' It drove me crazy because, in general, I'm ready to play my part.

It's the actual recording of the vocal that is the most boring thing you'll ever do in your life.

I used to blame myself for a lot of things, and I apologise loads. I don't do it any more, but when I was in the studio - and it was my song - I'd say 'sorry' every time I got a note wrong.

There are a lot of incredible producers out there. But that doesn't mean when you get in the studio that the vibe is right and that it's a fun experience, and you can trust people, and just have a good time.

To me, making a CD is like writing a book.

Butch Vig was a true friend and really guided us, and it was such a fulfilling relationship with a person to make records with.

I like to record. It's very intense.

I think there's an attitude these days that you can go straight from a studio to the stage, and it isn't really like that. But playing live was the most important thing for me at the start because whenever I recorded something, it didn't sound right; I didn't like how my voice sounded. It was just raw.