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He is best known as the frontman of the influential alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis. </p> <p> Also known as <a href="/profession/114/">Songwriter</a>, <a href="/profession/135/">Guitarist</a> </p> </div> <span class="more" id="auhtor_info_more" more="more" less="Less">more</span> <ul class="author__about__options"><li><a href="http://www.frankblack.net/" class="i-link" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Black Francis official website"></a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Francis" class="i-wiki" target="_blank" itemprop="url" title="Wikipedia article about Black Francis"></a></li></ul> </div> </section> <div class="switch"> <ul class="switch-view" role="menu"> <li id="switch_cards" role="menuitem" class="active"><i class="i-cards" title="view_as_cards"></i></li> <li id="switch_list" role="menuitem"><i class="i-list" title="view_as_list"></i></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a36507/16a72c/">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.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="16a72c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="16a72c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a36507/16a72c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=That%27s%20the%20most%20important%20thing%2C%20to%20get%20along%20with%20people.%20When%20you%20feel%20like%20you%20click%20with%20them.%20That%27s%20more%20important%20even%20then%20what%20their%20background%20is%20or%20what%20they%27ve%20done%20before%2C%20how%20good%20they%20are%2C%20how%20new%20they%20are%20or%20whatever.%20All%20that%20stuff%20is%20really%20secondary%20to%20just%20getting%20along%20with%20the%20person.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa36507%2F16a72c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2932/">Stuff</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/21456/">Important Things</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a36507/069fe8/">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.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="069fe8"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="069fe8" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a36507/069fe8/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20won%27t%20necessarily%20make%20new%20music%20because%20when%20you%20make%20a%20record%20there%20are%20these%20great%20expectations%20on%20the%20side%20of%20the%20record%20company%20who%20are%20going%20to%20produce%20your%20record%2C%20promoters%20that%20are%20going%20to%20do%20your%20shows.%20They%20want%20you%20to%20do%20interviews%2C%20they%20want%20you%20to%20play%20shows.%20I%20mean%2C%20they%20want%20it%20to%20be%20a%20campaign.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa36507%2F069fe8%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3017/">Interviews</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2840/">Campaign</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul><div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a36507/069fed/">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.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="069fed"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="069fed" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a36507/069fed/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27m%20really%20inspired%20by%20the%20interplay%20of%20visual%20art%20and%20music%2C%20a%20total%20artistic%20environment%20where%20there%27s%20sound%20and%20visuals.%20When%20I%20think%20about%20that%20I%20get%20stimulated%20and%20excited.%20It%27s%20a%20feeling%20that%20you%20can%27t%20label%20with%20words.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa36507%2F069fed%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/995/">Inspired</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/8527/">Label</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a36507/36a115/">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.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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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.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="16a722"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="16a722" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a36507/16a722/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20you%27re%20a%20creative%20person%20and%20you%20create%20art%20with%20other%20people%2C%20whether%20you%27re%20married%20to%20them%20or%20not%2C%20you%27re%20going%20to%20run%20into%20creative%20conflicts.%20If%20you%27re%20a%20couple%2C%20certain%20inhibitions%20and%20barriers%20are%20gone.%20I%20have%20those%20barriers%20with%20other%20people%2C%20but%20I%20don%27t%20have%20them%20with%20my%20wife.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa36507%2F16a722%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/423/">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/881/">Wife</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/425/">Creative</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a36507/069ff0/">Everyone thinks I'm a wimp and even my own band hates me. Oh, well. I guess I'll just flip 'em the bird!</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="069ff0"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="069ff0" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a36507/069ff0/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Everyone%20thinks%20I%27m%20a%20wimp%20and%20even%20my%20own%20band%20hates%20me.%20Oh%2C%20well.%20I%20guess%20I%27ll%20just%20flip%20%27em%20the%20bird%21&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa36507%2F069ff0%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1270/">Band</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1754/">Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/26958/">Thin</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a36507/36a109/">I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="36a109"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="36a109" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a36507/36a109/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20think%20everybody%20has%20a%20painter%20inside%20of%20them%20somewhere.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa36507%2F36a109%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1911/">I Think</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2269/">Inside</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2878/">Painter</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a36507/26a0db/">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.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="26a0db"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="26a0db" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a36507/26a0db/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20initially%20felt%20shy%20about%20doing%20painting%20because%20I%20wasn%27t%20a%20professional%20painter.%20I%20almost%20felt%20like%20I%20didn%27t%20deserve%20to%20paint.%20But%20I%20have%20gradually%20adopted%20a%20different%20kind%20of%20attitude%20about%20this.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa36507%2F26a0db%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/712/">Painting</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/203/">Attitude</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2422/">Deserve</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a36507/16a726/">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.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="16a726"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="16a726" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a36507/16a726/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20come%20from%20an%20art%20history%20background.%20I%20studied%20at%20a%20master%27s%20degree%20level%3B%20I%20chose%20to%20dork%20out%20on%20art%20for%20much%20of%20my%20adult%20life.%20A%20lot%20of%20my%20heroes%20are%20artists%20and%20a%20lot%20of%20my%20musical%20heroes%20have%20an%20artistic%20side.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa36507%2F16a726%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/255/">History</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1894/">Heroes</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/4230/">Degree</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a36507/16a728/">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.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="16a728"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="16a728" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a36507/16a728/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=There%20was%20a%20f%2A%2Aking%20review%20in%20f%2A%2Aking%20Melody%20Maker%20of%20the%20first%20BOSSANOVA%20single%2C%20%27Velouria%27%20-%20%27Sounds%20like%20someone%27s%20been%20taking%20singing%20lessons%27.%20Like%2C%20motherf%2A%2Aking%20A%21%20I%20am%20the%20singer.%20Who%20do%20sing%20SONGS.%20It%27s%20like%20I%20never%20sang%20before%3B%20like%20I%20was%20-%20I%20don%27t%20know%20-%20reading%20PROSE%20on%20my%20previous%20records%20and%20now%20I%20sing.%20EXCUUUUUUSE%20me%20for%20singing.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa36507%2F16a728%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/247/">King</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/4179/">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/5424/">Lessons</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a36507/26a0e3/">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 of their life.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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I'm really happy that people are interested. "So, what's up with the Pixies record? So, what's up with the Pixies record?" One guy just kept asking me and asking me in an interview, and I kept saying, "I just got done telling you no, there's nothing to report."</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="069fe4"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="069fe4" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a36507/069fe4/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20we%27ve%20got%20something%20to%20say%20to%20the%20world%2C%20we%20will.%20I%27m%20really%20happy%20that%20people%20are%20interested.%20%22So%2C%20what%27s%20up%20with%20the%20Pixies%20record%3F%20So%2C%20what%27s%20up%20with%20the%20Pixies%20record%3F%22%20One%20guy%20just%20kept%20asking%20me%20and%20asking%20me%20in%20an%20interview%2C%20and%20I%20kept%20saying%2C%20%22I%20just%20got%20done%20telling%20you%20no%2C%20there%27s%20nothing%20to%20report.%22&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa36507%2F069fe4%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/726/">Record</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a36507/36a0ff/">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.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a36507/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/36507.v3.jpg" alt="Black Francis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Black Francis</span> </a> <a href="/b701/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pixies</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="36a0ff"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="36a0ff" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a36507/36a0ff/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=You%20think%20you%27ve%20made%20something%20really%20great%2C%20but%20there%27s%20a%20reason%20why%20it%27s%20not%20resonating%20the%20way%20some%20previous%20work%20did.%20But%20it%27s%20not%20that%20easy%20to%20just%20replicate.%20Some%20people%20think%2C%20%22Oh%2C%20just%20go%20do%20that%20thing%20you%20used%20to%20do%20before.%22%20But%20it%20just%20doesn%27t%20work%20like%20that.%20It%27s%20a%20lot%20more%20mysterious%20or%20slippery.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa36507%2F36a0ff%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/178/">Great</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/885/">Reason</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1848/">Mysterious</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a36507/36a105/">I think all musicians and producers, they know the real goal is to come up with a record that is entertaining and not boring, that's the goal. I think if everyone agrees that that's the goal then it doesn't matter who's the band and it doesn't matter who's the producer. 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