My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn’t how people are going to receive them, because they don’t know the code.
BLACK FRANCISWho 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
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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I don’t want to be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
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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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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual.
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I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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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 have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
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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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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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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 listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend’s driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.
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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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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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