Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
BLACK FRANCISThere’s more to life than listening to rock music.
More Black Francis Quotes
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I 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.
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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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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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A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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I’m really inspired by the interplay of visual art and music, a total artistic environment where there’s sound and visuals.
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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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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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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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That’s the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them.
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I’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.
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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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They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
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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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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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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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