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I don’t want to do children’s music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids – like when I’m putting them to bed.

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
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
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
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
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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Along Background Before Getting Importance
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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Cities Country Pleasure Trying
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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Bird Hate Thinking
They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
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Credit Giving Toes
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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Excited Label Stimulated Think Words
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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Chance Different Thinking
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
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
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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Asking Guy Interview Nothing One Report Tell
I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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Everybody Painter Thinking
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
I don’t want to do children’s music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids – like when I’m putting them to bed.
BLACK FRANCIS

Children Song Writing

I don’t want to do children’s music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids – like when I’m putting them to bed.

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I don’t want to do children’s music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids – like when I’m putting them to bed.

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