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That’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.

Black Francis

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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Bags Celebrity Kind Musician Shy Strong
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 FRANCIS

Firsts Inspire Song
For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.
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Artist Eggs Writing
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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Appreciate Audience Loyal
That’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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Along Background Before Getting Importance
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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Before Happy Mysterious People Some
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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Exclusive Previous Prose Reading Sing
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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Looks Mellow Rocks Want Satisfaction
Everyone thinks I’m a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I guess I’ll just flip ’em the bird!
BLACK FRANCIS

Bird Hate Thinking
A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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Artist Heroes Lot Side
It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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Obvious Stealing
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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Age Heart Musician Records Young
Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.
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Editor Mangled Most Say Stuff Writer
There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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Listening Rock Music Rocks
I don’t want to be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
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Muiscian Some Temperamental Work
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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Done Guy People Something Will
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Artist Jobs Real
I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to me by my parents, but because of an inner voice or maybe a command from beyond reality as it is usually defined.
BLACK FRANCIS

Parent Reality Voice
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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Art Hero Musical
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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might People Song
Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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Perfect Tongue Wise
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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Couplet Level Levels Mean People
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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Mysterious People Previous Thinking Work
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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Aesthetic Records Trying Way
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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Art Feelings Thinking
I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend’s driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.
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Driving Girlfriend Jazz
I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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Expression Painting Thinking

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That’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.

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