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.
BLACK FRANCISWhen we’ve got something to say to the world, we will. I’m really happy that people are interested. “So, what’s up with the Pixies record? So, what’s up with the Pixies record?”
More Black Francis Quotes
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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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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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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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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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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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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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Bob 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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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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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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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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We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
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You think you’ve made something really great, but there’s a reason why it’s not resonating the way some previous work did. But it’s not that easy to just replicate.
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That’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
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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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