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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

I 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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Art Hero Musical
They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
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Credit Giving Toes
A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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Artist Heroes Lot Side
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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Excited Label Stimulated Think Words
I have had UFO experiences, and yet, at the same time, I can easily be convinced that none of it is true. It’s hard to say whether or not you’re a believer.
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Matter People Stuff
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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Firsts Inspire Song
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
I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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Everybody Painter Thinking
If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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Band Filters Strong
You think you’ve made something really great, but there’s a reason why it’s not resonating the way some previous work did. But it’s not that easy to just replicate.
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Mysterious People Previous Thinking Work
Stuff that you get for free, stuff that your older brother gives you, stuff that you can get out of the local library.
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Brother Free Library Local Stuff
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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Age Boston Song
I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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Expression Painting Thinking
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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Editor Mangled Most Say Stuff Writer
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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Before Happy Mysterious People Some
You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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Editors Musicians Stuff

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.

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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.

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