I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
BLACK FRANCISThe 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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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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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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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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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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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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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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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn’t a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn’t deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.
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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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I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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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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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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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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