Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
BLACK FRANCISOne 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.”
More Black Francis Quotes
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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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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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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 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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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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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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