They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
BLACK FRANCISI’ve got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They’re there for me every time.
More Black Francis Quotes
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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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It’s sour grapes, I admit, I want to be more famous so people are examining my work couplet by couplet, you know what I mean? That’s the level where I want to go.
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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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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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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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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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I’ve got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They’re there for me every time.
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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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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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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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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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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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A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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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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