Stuff that you get for free, stuff that your older brother gives you, stuff that you can get out of the local library.
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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For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the writing or recording of repertoire is the chicken before the egg of live performance.
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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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One guy just kept asking me and asking me in an interview, and I kept saying, “I just got done telling you no, there’s nothing to report.”
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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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There’s more to life than listening to rock music.
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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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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.
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I initially felt shy about doing painting because I wasn’t a professional painter. I almost felt like I didn’t deserve to paint. But I have gradually adopted a different kind of attitude about this.
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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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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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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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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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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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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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We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
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