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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.

Black Francis

A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
BLACK FRANCIS

Artist Heroes Lot Side
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
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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might People Song
I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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Expression Painting Thinking
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Kings Like Mother Reading Song
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 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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Children Song Writing
Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
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Companies Long Ocerchanging Record Trouble
I don’t want to be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
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Muiscian Some Temperamental Work
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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Good might Real Really Something
That’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
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Done Important People
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
There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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Listening Rock Music Rocks
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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Bags Celebrity Kind Musician Shy Strong
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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Driving Girlfriend Jazz
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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Along Background Before Getting Importance

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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