Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
BLACK FRANCISIt’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
More Black Francis Quotes
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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.
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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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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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That’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
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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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I don’t want to be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
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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 obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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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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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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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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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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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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