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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.

Black Francis

That’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
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Done Important People
I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to me by my parents, but because of an inner voice or maybe a command from beyond reality as it is usually defined.
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Parent Reality Voice
Bob 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.
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Age Heart Musician Records Young
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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Chance Different Thinking
It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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Obvious Stealing
This is a particular thing, you know, catholic stories of martyrs who had their head removed and then continued to be miraculous in the last moments of their life.
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Catholic Lasts Stories
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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Artist Jobs Real
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
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
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
There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
BLACK FRANCIS

Listening Rock Music Rocks
Everyone thinks I’m a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I guess I’ll just flip ’em the bird!
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Bird Hate Thinking
You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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Editors Musicians Stuff
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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Aesthetic Records Trying Way
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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Done Guy People Something Will
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

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