If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
BLACK FRANCISI 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 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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Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.
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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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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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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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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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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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I think if everyone agrees that that’s the goal then it doesn’t matter who’s the band and it doesn’t matter who’s the producer. It just means that that you try to realise the ambition no matter what the situation is or who the people are.
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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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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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I don’t want to be flaky. I don’t want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician.
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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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I’ve got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They’re there for me every time.
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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.
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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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