Frank Black Quotes

When you get a certain amount of media attention, I think people are like, "Where's your other album?"

There are a lot of spikes that can happen when what you're doing starts to get attention or people start to talk about it. They can just kind of really do a number on your reasons for making music.

Sometimes, you release an album and the record company just about ignores it, and so many people don't even know it's out. And I'm not about to jump up and down shouting, "Hey folks, look at me! I'm cool and groovy!" That's not what George Harrison is all about.

I don't think it is pressure but I am aware sometimes, especially on this new album, that people were going to really pay attention.

I think now we just know way too much about our celebrities. It's not that interesting when you know that much about people.

So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star.

I know a lot of bands that will make their first record and get to a certain level, and then when the second record comes out, they can start where they left off as a headlining act playing in front of a certain number of people, or they can go back out and make a lot less money and open for people. I feel like if you go out and just go right back into that headlining stuff, you're playing to the converted.

Advent is a time of waiting, of expectation, of silence. Waiting for our Lord to be born. A pregnant woman is so happy, so content. She lives in such a garment of silence, and it is as though she were listening to hear the stir of life within her. One always hears that stirring compared to the rustling of a bird in the hand. But the intentness which which one awaits such stirring is like nothing so much as a blanket of silence.

If thou speakest not I will fill my heart with thy silence and endure it. I will keep still and wait like the night with starry vigil and its head bent low with patience. The morning will surely come, the darkness will vanish, and thy voice pour down in golden streams breaking through the sky. Then thy words will take wing in songs from every one of my birds' nests, and thy melodies will break forth in flowers in all my forest groves.

Even just making albums - which was more within the structure that I've worked in for years - you have no idea how people will respond. You don't know if it'll be any good whatsoever. It can be terrifying.

Wait and wait. Most people's lives are spent waiting.

I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a Hollywood life. I've always been a worker.

You don't want to disappoint. Especially someone like me who's been out of music for years and hasn't had an album in like, four years.

And when you cannot prove that people are wrong, but only that they are absurd, the best course is to let them alone.

I really like the melody "Red Wine Is Good For My Heart" and people respond to it. I decided to put it on the album.

Just to be able to release an album back in the day when I came out was very gratifying. Most people were not given the opportunity.

Just six days after its release on iTunes, a record-breaking 33 million people have already listened to the album.

That's how it is with books, isn't it: They're not in a hurry. They'll wait for you till you're ready. People empty me. I have to go away to refill.

“Who are you?” One who has waited long for you to speak.

In the face of brutality I was prudent. Before injustice I held my peace. I sacrificed the things in hand for the good of the hypothetical whole. I believed in the tongue instead of the fist. As an armor against oppression I taught patience and faith in the human soul. I know now how wrong I was. I have been a traitor to myself and to my people. All that is rot.

I've just recently started doing the promo bits for the new album, and the funny thing is that the people who come to talk to me about these things seem to be getting younger. It's like the people who like the music are all young kids and they're on top of you - they know all about what you're doing, and they're excited and animated about it. So it's a lot of fun.

What has surprised me most about being a celebrity is the fascination with pregnant women. After I had Rocco, the paparazzi came and sought me out. I never had that before. There's a whole industry, literally, based on people having children. I guess because you're changing, putting on weight. It makes me very uncomfortable. I didn't enjoy that much at all.

Too much talking these days. Talk talk talk. This country would get along much better if people learned how to suffer in silence.

It's flattering that people want to know so much about me and want to take the time to make up that many things about me.

Tell me, he said, "What is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must wait, we must wait. what are they waiting for?" "Well […] I guess people wait in order to make sure of what they feel." "And when you have waited—-has it made you sure?