They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
BLACK FRANCISIf you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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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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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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When you look at something that’s really good, it might be Iggy Pop or it might be Leonard Cohen. Whatever it is, you want it to be really good.
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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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A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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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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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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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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I drive a lot. Just for pleasure. Sometimes I’ll get in the Cadillac and drive around the city or the country, kind of trying to get lost basically. Y’know, just see where roads lead.
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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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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 think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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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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