Beck on Kanyes Grammy Criticism: You Cant Please Everybody

After the 57th Grammy AwardsKanye West clarified that in his near-interruption of Beck‘s acceptance speech for album of the year, he intended to announce that Beyonce should have won. Beck, who encouraged West to join him onstage after he’d turn around and left, maintains he hasn’t taken offense at West’s insult.

“I was just so excited he was coming up,” Beck said after the show. “He deserves to be onstage as much as anybody. How many great records has he put out in the last five years, right?”

In a post-show press conference, the winner of 21 Grammys commended himself for holding his peace on the live telecast but said that Beck should “respect artistry” and should have given his award to Beyonce.

Beck agreed that she deserved to win album of the year. “Absolutely,” he said. “I thought she was going to win. Come on, she’s Beyonce!”

When asked about West’s implication that Beck isn’t a true artist, he replied, “You can’t please everybody, man. I still love him and think he’s genius. I aspire to do what he does.”

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