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They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.

Black Francis

I don’t want to be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
BLACK FRANCIS

Muiscian Some Temperamental Work
I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn’t a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn’t deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.
BLACK FRANCIS

Artist Attitude Different Professional Shy
A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
BLACK FRANCIS

Artist Heroes Lot Side
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Along Background Before Getting Importance
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Matter People Stuff
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.”
BLACK FRANCIS

Asking Guy Interview Nothing One Report Tell
I like visual images and there are certainly other bands that have strong visual images going all the way back to Elvis Presley, but it’s kind of like that’s never really been my bag. Probably because I’m too shy.
BLACK FRANCIS

Bags Celebrity Kind Musician Shy Strong
Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
BLACK FRANCIS

Perfect Tongue Wise
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
BLACK FRANCIS

Exclusive Previous Prose Reading Sing
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Everyone Matter People Situation
It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
BLACK FRANCIS

Obvious Stealing
We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
BLACK FRANCIS

Like Made Record Song
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Catholic Lasts Stories
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Creativity Records Trying
I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to me by my parents, but because of an inner voice or maybe a command from beyond reality as it is usually defined.
BLACK FRANCIS

Parent Reality Voice
When I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It’s a feeling that you can’t label with words.
BLACK FRANCIS

Excited Label Stimulated Think Words

They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.

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