There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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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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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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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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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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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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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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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I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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