If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
BLACK FRANCISIt’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
More Black Francis Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
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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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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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A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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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’ve got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They’re there for me every time.
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They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
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