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.
BLACK FRANCISThat’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
More Black Francis Quotes
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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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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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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 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 don’t want to be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
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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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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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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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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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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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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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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 think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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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.
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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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