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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.

Black Francis

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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Parent Reality Voice
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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Editor Mangled Most Say Stuff Writer
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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Age Boston Song
There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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Listening Rock Music Rocks
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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Kings Like Mother Reading Song
If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much.
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Creativity Records Trying
They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
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Credit Giving Toes
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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Age Heart Musician Records Young
We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
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Like Made Record Song
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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Exclusive Previous Prose Reading Sing
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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Appreciate Audience Loyal
I’m always looking to rock out. But it isn’t really about rocking out versus being mellow, in terms of your personal satisfaction. In the end, you just want to be good.
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Looks Mellow Rocks Want Satisfaction
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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Couplet Level Levels Mean People
It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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Obvious Stealing
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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Artist Attitude Different Professional Shy
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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Bird Hate Thinking

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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