It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
BLACK FRANCISWhen I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It’s a feeling that you can’t label with words.
More Black Francis Quotes
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A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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When I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It’s a feeling that you can’t label with words.
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The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.
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Who do sing SONGS. It’s like I never sang before; like I was – I don’t know – reading PROSE on my previous records and now I sing. EXCUUUUUUSE me for singing
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If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much.
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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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Some people think, “Oh, just go do that thing you used to do before.” But it just doesn’t work like that. It’s a lot more mysterious or slippery.
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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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When you look at something that’s really good, it might be Iggy Pop or it might be Leonard Cohen. Whatever it is, you want it to be really good.
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You think you’ve made something really great, but there’s a reason why it’s not resonating the way some previous work did. But it’s not that easy to just replicate.
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When we’ve got something to say to the world, we will. I’m really happy that people are interested. “So, what’s up with the Pixies record? So, what’s up with the Pixies record?”
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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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I don’t want to be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
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I’m always looking to rock out. But it isn’t really about rocking out versus being mellow, in terms of your personal satisfaction. In the end, you just want to be good.
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This is a particular thing, you know, catholic stories of martyrs who had their head removed and then continued to be miraculous in the last moments of their life.
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