I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
BLACK FRANCISBob 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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They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
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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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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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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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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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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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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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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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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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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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Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
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I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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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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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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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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