I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
BLACK FRANCISStuff 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 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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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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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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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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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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It’s obvious you shouldn’t steal, kill or be cruel.
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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’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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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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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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You think you’ve made something really great, but there’s a reason why it’s not resonating the way some previous work did. But it’s not that easy to just replicate.
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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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A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.
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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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I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
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