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They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.

Black Francis

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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Editor Mangled Most Say Stuff Writer
Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
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Companies Long Ocerchanging Record Trouble
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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Art Feelings Thinking
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
I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend’s driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.
BLACK FRANCIS

Driving Girlfriend Jazz
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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Exclusive Previous Prose Reading Sing
I think if everyone agrees that that’s the goal then it doesn’t matter who’s the band and it doesn’t matter who’s the producer. It just means that that you try to realise the ambition no matter what the situation is or who the people are.
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Everyone Matter People Situation
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
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Cities Country Pleasure Trying
I’ve got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They’re there for me every time.
BLACK FRANCIS

Appreciate Audience Loyal
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.
BLACK FRANCIS

Parent Reality Voice
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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Couplet Level Levels Mean People
When 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 FRANCIS

Good might Real Really Something
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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Along Background Before Getting Importance
I don’t want to do children’s music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids – like when I’m putting them to bed.
BLACK FRANCIS

Children Song Writing
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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They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.

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