I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
BLACK FRANCISI think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
BLACK FRANCISI 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.
BLACK FRANCISI’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.
BLACK FRANCISI think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
BLACK FRANCISRecord companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
BLACK FRANCISThis 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.
BLACK FRANCISWhen 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.
BLACK FRANCISThat’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
BLACK FRANCISWise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
BLACK FRANCISI have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
BLACK FRANCISStuff that you get for free, stuff that your older brother gives you, stuff that you can get out of the local library.
BLACK FRANCISWhen I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It’s a feeling that you can’t label with words.
BLACK FRANCISWhen 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 FRANCISYou should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
BLACK FRANCISMost of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.
BLACK FRANCISAs soon as I got into music, I tried to be a working, real artist who gets paid for what he does, who doesn’t have a day job.
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