Black Francis Quotes

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• I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.

  Black Francis

  Thinking, Painter

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style.

  Black Francis

  People, Style, Musician

  Interview with Scott Gordon, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2006.

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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.

  Black Francis

  Thinking, Different, Chance

  Source: thequietus.com

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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.

  Black Francis

  Song, Inspire, Firsts

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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. Some 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.

  Black Francis

  Thinking, People, Mysterious

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.

  Black Francis

  Wise, Perfect, Tongue

  Song: Speedy Marie, Album: Teenager of the Year, 1994

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• I don't make records that way, where I'm trying to please the marketplace or anything. Not because I have anything against that, it's just never been a part of my aesthetic, even when I was with the Pixies.

  Black Francis

  Trying, Records, Way

  Interview with Scott Gordon, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2006.

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• There's more to life than listening to rock music.

  Black Francis

  Rocks, Listening, Rock Music

  "Pixies Interview". Interview with Chris Carle, www.ign.com. July 6, 2009.

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• Everyone thinks I'm a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I guess I'll just flip 'em the bird!

  Black Francis

  Hate, Thinking, Bird

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• If you're a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.

  Black Francis

  Strong, Filters, Band

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I 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. A lot of my heroes are artists and a lot of my musical heroes have an artistic side.

  Black Francis

  Art, Hero, Musical

  Source: www.fuse.tv

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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.

  Black Francis

  Country, Cities, Trying

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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.

  Black Francis

  Attitude, Different, Shy

  Source: thequietus.com

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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. 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.

  Black Francis

  Rocks, Looks, Want

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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.

  Black Francis

  Reality, Voice, Parent

  "Black Francis can't tell Rock Chickens from EGGS" by Scott Thill, www.wired.com. July 30, 2009.

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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. When I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It's a feeling that you can't label with words.

  Black Francis

  Art, Thinking, Feelings

  Source: www.fuse.tv

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• When you're a creative person and you create art with other people, whether you're married to them or not, you're going to run into creative conflicts. If you're a couple, certain inhibitions and barriers are gone. I have those barriers with other people, but I don't have them with my wife.

  Black Francis

  Running, Art, Couple

  Source: www.fuse.tv

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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.

  Black Francis

  Girlfriend, Jazz, Driving

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• There was a f**king review in f**king Melody Maker [of the first BOSSANOVA single, 'Velouria'] - 'Sounds like someone's been taking singing lessons'. Like, motherf**king A! I am the singer. 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

  Black Francis

  Song, Kings, Reading

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• That's the most important thing, to get along with people. When you feel like you click with them. 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.

  Black Francis

  People, Important, Done

  Source: thequietus.com

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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.

  Black Francis

  Jobs, Real, Artist

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• They're pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers.

  Black Francis

  Giving, Credit, Toes

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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.

  Black Francis

  Age, Musician, Records

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• I won't necessarily make new music because when you make a record there are these great expectations on the side of the record company who are going to produce your record, promoters that are going to do your shows. They want you to do interviews, they want you to play shows. I mean, they want it to be a campaign.

  Black Francis

  Mean, Play, Expectations

  Source: thequietus.com

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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.

  Black Francis

  Appreciate, Loyal, Audience

  Interview with Scott Gordon, www.avclub.com. October 19, 2006.

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