I don’t want to do children’s music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids – like when I’m putting them to bed.
BLACK FRANCISI have had UFO experiences, and yet, at the same time, I can easily be convinced that none of it is true. It’s hard to say whether or not you’re a believer.
More Black Francis Quotes
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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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I’ve got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They’re there for me every time.
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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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I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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Everyone thinks I’m a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I guess I’ll just flip ’em the bird!
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One guy just kept asking me and asking me in an interview, and I kept saying, “I just got done telling you no, there’s nothing to report.”
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We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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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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I don’t like to have everything all worked out in my head because there’s always a chance of it coming out different than you think it should anyway.
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It’s sour grapes, I admit, I want to be more famous so people are examining my work couplet by couplet, you know what I mean? That’s the level where I want to go.
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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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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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Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
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