We sing some song that we made up but I don’t want to make a record like that.
BLACK FRANCISSome people think, “Oh, just go do that thing you used to do before.” But it just doesn’t work like that. It’s a lot more mysterious or slippery.
More Black Francis Quotes
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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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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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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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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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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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I’m always looking to rock out. But it isn’t really about rocking out versus being mellow, in terms of your personal satisfaction. In the end, you just want to be good.
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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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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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My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn’t how people are going to receive them, because they don’t know the code.
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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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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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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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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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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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