Walter Becker Quotes

I've seen and learned enough to keep my music fresh and spread out.

I always want to keep moving musically and trying new things.

I think that every band tries to mature their sound through their existence, you know?

I grew up listening to everything. I have such a love for music, but I don't want to make the same album over and over again.

I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.

The music that I've made in the past has had strong contemporary country roots, but I think moving on in music, I will branch out from that a bit.

I'm not interested in re-creating the same blues I love so much. I'm interested in pushing boundaries.

The goal of serious musicians is to play outside of yourself. That's most likely with people who suggest things that are outside your musical experience.

Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.

That's kind of the nature of being in a progressive band - always trying new things, moving forward.

I feel like it's a necessary part of musical development to go through that phase where you think that your favorite style of music is the only style of music, and I thought that for a while.

I can see that if this was an album done 10 or 15 years ago we could see we were moving on to some place else.

A lot of times, when a band finds success with a certain style or sound, they have a really hard time breaking away from that to grow as artists.

I think it's always important to constantly keep the band on their toes and try new things that you hope will work. That's how 'Apologize' was born, and maybe down the line another little song will be born by that mentality. I've always really liked that song.

Me and Jerry left because we felt we weren't getting anywhere playing our old songs in tiny clubs. The group was getting stale and staying behind the times.

I love hip-hop and soul, but I desperately want to challenge it and see what I can bring to it.

The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.

I can't see myself just endlessly singing the same songs over and over again.

You need the past as a guideline. The history of music is a good basis, but to escape that stuff, that tortuous rulebook, you have to learn it first. It's kind of like religion - once you've written the Bible, that's it, move on.

I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music.

To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.

Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me.

Music in general is looking for something new overall.

I think to stay in one sound is a career killer.

Music should be pushed forward.