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.
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.
More Black Francis Quotes
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When I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It’s a feeling that you can’t label with words.
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I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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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 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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There was a f**king review in f**king Melody Maker [of the first BOSSANOVA single, ‘Velouria’] – ‘Sounds like someone’s been taking singing lessons’. Like, motherf**king A! I am the singer.
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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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We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
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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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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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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.
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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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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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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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They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
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