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.
BLACK FRANCISI 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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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 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 think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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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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I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to me by my parents, but because of an inner voice or maybe a command from beyond reality as it is usually defined.
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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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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 think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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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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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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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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They’re pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.
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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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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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