Frank Black

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”