Stuff that you get for free, stuff that your older brother gives you, stuff that you can get out of the local library.
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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Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
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I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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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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I don’t like to have everything all worked out in my head because there’s always a chance of it coming out different than you think it should anyway.
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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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I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.
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I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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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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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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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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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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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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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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