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?”
BLACK FRANCISMy most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn’t how people are going to receive them, because they don’t know the code.
More Black Francis Quotes
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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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Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
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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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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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I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.
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I 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.
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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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Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.
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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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For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.
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I come from an art history background. I studied at a master’s degree level; I chose to dork out on art for much of my adult life.
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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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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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I think if everyone agrees that that’s the goal then it doesn’t matter who’s the band and it doesn’t matter who’s the producer. It just means that that you try to realise the ambition no matter what the situation is or who the people are.
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