Frank Black Quotes
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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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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I cry all the time. I love to laugh, too. It's important to create an environment for yourself where you feel what you need to and don't hold it in.
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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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The U.S. won the majors 29-11 in the 1980s. That's when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus were carrying the ball, and when Seve Ballesteros was becoming a Brit in the minds of English and Scottish journalists.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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If any among you covet riches, let him endeavour to overcome, for the victorious not only preserve their own possessions but acquire those of the enemy.
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Now that I've achieved my goal to win the belt, I want to be the best of all times. I want to be remembered as the lightweight with most title defenses.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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Keratin can be very colorful, as we see in birds. We'd expect dinosaurs to be very colorful because they basically invented the characteristics we see in birds.
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Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
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I am a businessman.
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I can't think of any more powerful moment than when you stand on a stage.
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I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.
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I love countermelodies, I love hooks and melodies that stick in your head. If I could put 20 melodies in a song and they would all work together, I would.
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I do think that some of my songs, like Take a Minute, are like the train between the two worlds. It starts out with the question of "how did Gandhi ever withstand the hunger strikes and all / he didn't do it to gain power or money as I recall," and its sweep reaches all the way to this part of the world. I think maybe I'm a translator, because I lived in both worlds and truly understand them. I understand the discontent that comes from not having. But I also understand the anxiety that comes from wealth and convenience.
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I got a seven-year-old kid up on stage with me the other night and he knew every word to that song. Some people go their whole career without ever having a song anywhere near that big... When I first heard it I couldn't believe I didn't write the lyrics myself because it's the story of my life.
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My favourite thing to do on this planet is to scuba dive.
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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.
