That’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
BLACK FRANCISThat’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
BLACK FRANCISThat’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 FRANCISI 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.
BLACK FRANCISI have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
BLACK FRANCISThere’s more to life than listening to rock music.
BLACK FRANCISI’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.
BLACK FRANCISI 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.
BLACK FRANCISSome 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.
BLACK FRANCISIf you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
BLACK FRANCISMy 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.
BLACK FRANCISWise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
BLACK FRANCISA lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
BLACK FRANCISI listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend’s driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.
BLACK FRANCISIt’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
BLACK FRANCISI think if everyone agrees that that’s the goal then it doesn’t matter who’s the band and it doesn’t matter who’s the producer. It just means that that you try to realise the ambition no matter what the situation is or who the people are.
BLACK FRANCISI come from an art history background. I studied at a master’s degree level; I chose to dork out on art for much of my adult life.
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