There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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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I don’t like to have everything all worked out in my head because there’s always a chance of it coming out different than you think it should anyway.
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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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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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I don’t want to be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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I’m really inspired by the interplay of visual art and music, a total artistic environment where there’s sound and visuals.
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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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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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Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
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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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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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I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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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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When we’ve got something to say to the world, we will. I’m really happy that people are interested. “So, what’s up with the Pixies record? So, what’s up with the Pixies record?”
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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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