"He was never really in the same lane as them. He was always this guy walking in a green pasture. They were on a highway in Los Angeles or Seattle, and he was in a green pasture in his mind."
— Williams, Pharrell (b. April 5, 1973)
Work Title
Date
December, 2019
Metaphor
"He was never really in the same lane as them. He was always this guy walking in a green pasture. They were on a highway in Los Angeles or Seattle, and he was in a green pasture in his mind."
Metaphor in Context
"He's a smart guy—he understands the seasons, he understands the public temperament, he knows exactly when to show up," Williams told me of Beck. "And it always feels good, because he delivers it his way. I've always loved that about Beck. He's out-careered all of his contemporaries. He was never really in the same lane as them. He was always this guy walking in a green pasture. They were on a highway in Los Angeles or Seattle, and he was in a green pasture in his mind."
(p. 41)
(p. 41)
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Amanda Petrusich, "Beck is Home," The New Yorker (December 2, 2019). <Link to newyorker.com>
Date of Entry
12/11/2019
