Beck Quotes

I hate anything that seems like something that has been done.

I don't know what I want, but I do know that I don't want the usual stuff, the cliched stuff is just too mind-numbing. They sell, I know, but it makes me sad to know that.

I never wanted to write the sort of song that said, 'Look at how abnormal and crazy and out there I am, man!'

I'm a cliche.

It doesn't really matter to me what the rest of country is doing. I'm not caught up in trying to make a record that sounds like everybody else. That, to me, is a record label's absolute biggest downfall.

I get a kick out of not being ideal. I think it's awesome. That's entirely the point. And I think my creator is quite a character for letting that be.

There are those whose own vulgar normality is so apparent and stultifying that they strive to escape it. They affect flamboyant behaviour and claim originality according to the fashionable eccentricities of their time. They claim brains or talent or indifference to mores in desperate attempts to deny their own mediocrity.

My goal is to be weirder than everybody else and hope that no one stops me. So far, no one has.

I think my brand is just being authentic and being me. Everybody goes right, I go left.

There's not enough people being daring and different. There are a lot of followers in hip-hop.

It's like everybody try to sound the same exact way because they think it's going to get them some fame, but nah. You've got to be different.

With technology, everything is available at the touch of a button. But I'm not someone whose world revolves around trends. I like to be unique in whatever I do.

People who follow all the rules and chase every trend tend to get forgotten - they look great, but they're not as memorable.

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

When you're just like everybody else, you've nothing to offer other than your conformity.

I don't like to look typical.

I'm allergic to doing the obvious thing.

Every band I've worked with also wants to be countercultural in the sense that they want to feel that they've gone somewhere that nobody else has been.