They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
BLACK FRANCISI 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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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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Bob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won’t bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records.
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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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Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
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I don’t want to do children’s music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids – like when I’m putting them to bed.
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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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I don’t like to have everything all worked out in my head because there’s always a chance of it coming out different than you think it should anyway.
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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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That’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
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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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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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We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
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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.
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