That’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
BLACK FRANCISThat’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.
More Black Francis Quotes
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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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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.”
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Stuff that you get for free, stuff that your older brother gives you, stuff that you can get out of the local library.
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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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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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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 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.
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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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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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I’m really inspired by the interplay of visual art and music, a total artistic environment where there’s sound and visuals.
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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 think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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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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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 don’t want to be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
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