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.
BLACK FRANCISWho 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
More Black Francis Quotes
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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 two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
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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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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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You think you’ve made something really great, but there’s a reason why it’s not resonating the way some previous work did. But it’s not that easy to just replicate.
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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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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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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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A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
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I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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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.
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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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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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