Beck (Beck Hansen) Quotes
Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going to be. All the other ideas that I had at the time I had to put to the side.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.
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My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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I never have a plan of what I am going to draw.
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Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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If I'm not writing well, I'm not happy. If I'm not spending enough time with my family, I'm not happy. If I'm not connecting to friends or if I don't work out enough... You get the point. Everything has to be balanced. Nothing should be an extreme.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I didn't want the public in my personal life at all - I thought that people might perceive me as too normal, and I'd lose that larger-than-life rock star persona. You've got to protect that!
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.
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The Lakers are family. My kids don't have to switch schools. Little things like that are important. People don't think about things like that. I feel like something special is going to happen in this town.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Opportunities don't always come dressed in neon colors.
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I think, on the rap side of life, I've always been inspired by and respected Missy Elliott for a long time. She's funny and created an image for herself that was non-sexualized but was really interesting and really cool and really kind of avant-garde in a lot of ways.
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CNN? Oh, that's that network with Larry King, who, like the Son of Sam, is a native of Brooklyn. Used to be owned by Ted Turner, who, like the Cincinnati Strangler, is a native of Cincinnati. Now part of Time Warner, founded by the Warner Brothers, the oldest of whom, Harry Warner, like many Auschwitz guards, was a native of Poland.
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It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
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Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going to be. All the other ideas that I had at the time I had to put to the side.
