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 FRANCISFor 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.
More Black Francis Quotes
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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
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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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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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I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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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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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 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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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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I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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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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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.
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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 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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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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