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.
BLACK FRANCISWise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
More Black Francis Quotes
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I’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.
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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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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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My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn’t how people are going to receive them, because they don’t know the code.
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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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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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As 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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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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I’ve got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They’re there for me every time.
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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 be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
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I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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Some people think, “Oh, just go do that thing you used to do before.” But it just doesn’t work like that. It’s a lot more mysterious or slippery.
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