“People get so upset about lyrics, and they're probably totally cool with horror movies. That doesn't really make sense.” Quote by Chris Reifert
“If it entertains you, cool - read it, listen to it, watch it. But if it horrifies or disgusts you or scares you, then don't listen to it.” IfsWatchesScareDisgusting Author:Chris Reifert
“When I was a kid, before there were VCRt, my parents had a movie projector, and we'd watch Frankenstein and Dracula. I just always though that stuff was cool - creepy comics and monsters and horrific stuff. Music lends itself to that whole theme.” WholeKidsStuffParentWatchesMonstersThemeCreepyHorrificProjectors Author:Chris Reifert
“Soccer matches in Europe have riot police. Metal is just people sloshing around drunk and sloppy and having fun, and there's nothing wrong with that. It is a great outlet for aggression.” PeopleFunEuropePoliceDrunkSoccerHaving FunMetalsAggressionOutletsRiotSloppy Author:Chris Reifert
“The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That went on for years.” WayYearsPlaySongBandLet MeConvincing Author:Beck
“I didn't want to be on a major label. I wanted all the attention and the noise to go away because I wanted to be something a little bit more substantial.” WantLittlesWantedBitsAttentionMajorsLittle BitNoiseLabelsGoing Away Author:Beck
“It was disturbing to me that an idea or a song could become something so different from what you originally intended. It's like if a friend took a stupid picture of you at a party on their phone, and the next thing you knew, it was on every billboard.” IfsIdeasDifferentSongNextPartyStupidPhonesDisturbingBillboards Author:Beck
“Just out of curiosity, I wonder what makes music or culture or taste go in certain directions. Who knows what the forces are behind it.” KnowsCertainCultureForceBehindsWonderTasteCuriosity Author:Beck
“Eventually, if you're experimenting with a sound that's unfamiliar, it gets absorbed, and somebody comes and does it better, and it becomes part of a vocabulary.” IfsDoeSoundVocabularyUnfamiliar Author:Beck
“I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.” YearsHardLastsFiveCriticalSongwriting Author:Beck