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.
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.
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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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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
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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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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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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 have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
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I don’t make records that way, where I’m trying to please the marketplace or anything. Not because I have anything against that, it’s just never been a part of my aesthetic, even when I was with the Pixies.
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There was a f**king review in f**king Melody Maker [of the first BOSSANOVA single, ‘Velouria’] – ‘Sounds like someone’s been taking singing lessons’. Like, motherf**king A! I am the singer.
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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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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.”
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We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
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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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