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

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 g…

- Black Francis

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 …

- Black Francis

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

- Black Francis

I certainly have gotten caught up in the music business at various times in my life, mostly because you want to get along with whatever record compan…

- Black Francis

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…

- Black Francis

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…

- Black Francis

I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That's three college funds.

- Black Francis

This is a particular thing, you know, catholic stories of martyrs who had their head removed and then continued to be miraculous in the last moments …

- Black Francis