As soon as I got into music, I tried to be a working, real artist who gets paid for what he does, who doesn’t have a day job.
BLACK FRANCISStuff that you get for free, stuff that your older brother gives you, stuff that you can get out of the local library.
More Black Francis Quotes
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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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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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I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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I don’t want to be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
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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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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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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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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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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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