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 More Quotes by Black Francis More Quotes From Black Francis If I have more creativity that I want to get out of me, I try to find other ways than pursuing solo records so much. Black Francis recordscreativitytrying 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 expectationsplaymean I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression. Black Francis paintingexpressionthinking As I paint, I realise, while it's something I do very much by myself, it's very solitary, the creative process feels similar to making music to me now, at least as far as my brain is concerned. Black Francis paintcreativebrain I'm not saying that people have to listen to rock music. It's a great, cool thing and it can really be liberating for a lot of people but, hey, so can Charles Dickens so I'm not going to judge. Black Francis rocksjudgingpeople 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 artistrealjobs It's obvious you shouldn't steal, kill or be cruel. Black Francis obviousstealing People go back to the stuff that doesn't cost a lot of money and the stuff that you don't have to hand money to over and over again. Stuff that you get for free, stuff that your older brother gives you, stuff that you can get out of the local library. Black Francis brotherhandspeople 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 hatebirdthinking But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job. Black Francis truth-isdefinitionsjobs You should never rely on interviews with musicians as being factual. 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. Black Francis editorsmusicianstuff I like visual images and there are certainly other bands that have strong visual images going all the way back to Elvis Presley, but it's kind of like that's never really been my bag. Probably because I'm too shy. Black Francis bagsshystrong 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 rockswantlooks 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. Black Francis songmightpeople 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 recordstryingway I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids - like when I'm putting them to bed. We sing some song that we made up but I don't want to make a record like that. Black Francis writingsongchildren I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song. Black Francis bostonagesong I've got a small, loyal audience, which is great. And I appreciate that. They're there for me every time. Black Francis audienceappreciateloyal They're pretty good actually, Hall & Oates. I gotta give them credit. They got a lot of toe-tappers. Black Francis toescreditgiving 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. Black Francis eggsartistwriting
