Frank Black

“You just do your work, and you hope that people like it. And if they don't, they don't.”

“I'm not interested in being a celebrity. I'm interested in being a musician.”

“I don't have a plan. I just go with the flow. I don't know what I'm going to do next.”

“I never felt comfortable in the music business. I always felt like an outsider.”

“My goal is to make a record that's just a little bit better than the last one.”

“I like the sound of my own voice. I'm a singer, and I like to sing.”

“I don't care about my legacy. I just want to make records.”

“Science fiction and the Bible are my two main sources of inspiration.”

“The whole quiet/loud dynamic is something we did from the very beginning. We were just trying to be dynamic.”

“I was never a big fan of the guitar solo. I never saw the point.”

“I just do what I do and I do it with some integrity and some passion.”

“I guess I'm a fun-loving guy. I enjoy my life. I have a big kid inside me. I love laughing and goofing around. I'm a ridiculous person.”

“There's not a lot of nuance in my songs. It's all just crying and screaming.”

“I'm not a nostalgic person. I don't look back.”

“I don't think I write pop songs. I think I write songs. I'm not a pop-song writer.”

“The lyrics are always the last thing to be done. It's the most difficult part of the process.”

“Rock and roll doesn't allow you to be proactive. You're not in control of your own life. You're a slave to the music.”