Samuel Ervin Beam : (4)

" I’m pretty easy going. I can be anyway. I definitely have my moments. You can ask my kids. But I try to be nice. " - Samuel Ervin Beam

" You can treat musicians like actors – you give them a roadmap but don’t tell them what to do, and let their personal style or interpretation speak in the piece. And in both film and music, you create a space where people feel safe to do their best. You treat songs like scripts that can be interpreted a lot of different ways. " - Samuel Ervin Beam

" I find making records by myself incredibly boring. " - Samuel Ervin Beam

" I remember ‘The Shepherd’s Dog’ record being not necessarily a political record, but a reaction to socio-political situations in America. And it didn’t manifest itself as protest or propaganda songs, but there’s a lot of surreal imagery that was born out of really me being surprised Bush got re-elected in ’04. " - Samuel Ervin Beam