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For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.

Black Francis

I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.
BLACK FRANCIS

Age Boston Song
I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
BLACK FRANCIS

Everybody Painter Thinking
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
BLACK FRANCIS

Exclusive Previous Prose Reading Sing
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Creativity Records Trying
I’ve got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They’re there for me every time.
BLACK FRANCIS

Appreciate Audience Loyal
We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
BLACK FRANCIS

Like Made Record Song
For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.
BLACK FRANCIS

Artist Eggs Writing
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.”
BLACK FRANCIS

Asking Guy Interview Nothing One Report Tell
This is a particular thing, you know, catholic stories of martyrs who had their head removed and then continued to be miraculous in the last moments of their life.
BLACK FRANCIS

Catholic Lasts Stories
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Cities Country Pleasure Trying
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Children Song Writing
There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
BLACK FRANCIS

Listening Rock Music Rocks
Everyone thinks I’m a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I guess I’ll just flip ’em the bird!
BLACK FRANCIS

Bird Hate Thinking
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Along Background Before Getting Importance
I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend’s driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.
BLACK FRANCIS

Driving Girlfriend Jazz
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Parent Reality Voice

For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.

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For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.

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