I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
BLACK FRANCISWe sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
More Black Francis Quotes
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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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I have had UFO experiences, and yet, at the same time, I can easily be convinced that none of it is true. It’s hard to say whether or not you’re a believer.
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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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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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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 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.
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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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I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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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 like visual images and there are certainly other bands that have strong visual images going all the way back to Elvis Presley, but it’s kind of like that’s never really been my bag. Probably because I’m too shy.
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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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We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
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When 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?”
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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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I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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