13+ Willis Earl Beal Quotes On Education, Slavery And Me

Willis Earl Beal is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and visual artist. He is known for his lo-fi recordings and his unique blend of blues, folk, and soul music. He released his debut album, Acousmatic Sorcery, in 2012. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Willis Earl Beal on education, love, slavery.

In a way, the whole music industry is just catering to the inherent esteem issues all these artists have - it lays it all out on the line and baits the artist, like a light baits a mosquito. And you go right into it. With every comment on the internet, you go up, you go down, and it's a big shitshow full of uneducated people. — Willis Earl Beal

I think the best way to listen to my music is through recording. I would love to be one of those artists where you can go into a coffee shop and watch people pass by and then my music is in their ears. Not necessarily a sensory deprivation thing, but that's cool too. Unfortunately in order to focus on nobody else, you would probably have to go into a dark room and just sit there and listen to it. — Willis Earl Beal

I don't have a computer, but when I get access to one, I'm always looking myself up on Google, because it's exciting. — Willis Earl Beal

I think that live music is really pretentious - all of it. I hate festivals and live shows, because as soon as I get on stage, I start performing for people and it becomes about sex, banter, and skill. They're looking at me and not thinking about themselves. I'm thinking about how cool I look. It's just stupid - all live music is really stupid. I wouldn't encourage going to see anybody live, ever. Not even me. — Willis Earl Beal

My delusion outweighs my talent by far and it always will, because if it doesn't, then there's no point in living. — Willis Earl Beal

Everything that I do is limitation and complete intuition. I'm a human being. I'm not a musician. I'm not an entertainer. I don't know anything! — Willis Earl Beal

I am nothing; nothing is everything — Willis Earl Beal

If the only thing that you want to do is make money - if that's your whole motivation - I think you're lying to yourself. If the only motivation you have is to make money and make it, what's making it? Oh, you get a yacht or an island. Well, you're going to need someone to be on that island. You're going to need people, one way or another. — Willis Earl Beal

I'm very curious about people, and one of the most difficult truths for me to accept as a person is that I'll never be anyone else, and I will never fully understand anyone's perspective other than my own. Because I've come to some understanding of that, I feel it's this very difficult but worthwhile challenge to get as close as I possible can to that. If the only way that we can do that is through language, then that's how it has to be done. — Willis Earl Beal

I would much rather not be the center of attention, and I'd much rather travel and be writing my novel, rather than standing on a stage and trying to get people to understand something. — Willis Earl Beal

Everything is this distorted mishmash of pop culture that pulls from this era and that era and is just thrown at the wall. These people have no clue what anything really means. There are guys out there getting a million hits for a video. — Willis Earl Beal

People tend to believe that I want to make soul music, which is not entirely untrue but, really, I want to be like the black Tom Waits - I don't want to make one kind of sound. — Willis Earl Beal

I'd rather be somewhere building a house, if I knew how. The whole idea of being a professional artist is like a demeaning kind of thing. — Willis Earl Beal

Life Lessons by Willis Earl Beal

1. Willis Earl Beal's work demonstrates the power of creativity and self-expression, even when faced with difficult personal circumstances.
2. His music and art show that it is possible to find beauty and strength in vulnerability.
3. His story is a reminder to never give up on your dreams, no matter how difficult the journey may be.