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 FRANCISThis 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.
More Black Francis Quotes
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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much.
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I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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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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A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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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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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 have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
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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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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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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 think if everyone agrees that that’s the goal then it doesn’t matter who’s the band and it doesn’t matter who’s the producer. It just means that that you try to realise the ambition no matter what the situation is or who the people are.
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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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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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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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