If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
BLACK FRANCISI have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
More Black Francis Quotes
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That’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
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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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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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That’s more important even then what their background is or what they’ve done before, how good they are, how new they are or whatever. All that stuff is really secondary to just getting along with the person.
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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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I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend’s driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.
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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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I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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Stuff that you get for free, stuff that your older brother gives you, stuff that you can get out of the local library.
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I drive a lot. Just for pleasure. Sometimes I’ll get in the Cadillac and drive around the city or the country, kind of trying to get lost basically. Y’know, just see where roads lead.
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I don’t make records that way, where I’m trying to please the marketplace or anything. Not because I have anything against that, it’s just never been a part of my aesthetic, even when I was with the Pixies.
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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 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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I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
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