It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
BLACK FRANCISI listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend’s driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.
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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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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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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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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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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Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.
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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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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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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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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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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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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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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 don’t make records that way, where I’m trying to please the marketplace or anything. Not because I have anything against that, it’s just never been a part of my aesthetic, even when I was with the Pixies.
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