I’ve got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They’re there for me every time.
BLACK FRANCISI’ve got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They’re there for me every time.
BLACK FRANCISWise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
BLACK FRANCISWhen I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It’s a feeling that you can’t label with words.
BLACK FRANCISWhen 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?”
BLACK FRANCISBob Dylan is quite a songwriter, and a great singer and musician. I won’t bother with comparing myself to him, but I will say that I heard his records at a very young age and I still listen to all his records.
BLACK FRANCISI think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
BLACK FRANCISThey’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
BLACK FRANCISWhen you look at something that’s really good, it might be Iggy Pop or it might be Leonard Cohen. Whatever it is, you want it to be really good.
BLACK FRANCISI 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.
BLACK FRANCISI don’t want to be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
BLACK FRANCISThere 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.
BLACK FRANCISI think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
BLACK FRANCISIt’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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.
BLACK FRANCISI have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
BLACK FRANCISOne 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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