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“When you're a creative person and you create art with other people, whether you're married to them or not, you're going to run into creative conflicts. 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.”

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Black Francis, born Joseph Michael Stipe, is an influential American singer and songwriter. Known for his unique musical style and profound lyrics, he is one of the key figures in the alternative rock scene of the 1990s. Black Francis is best known as the lead vocalist of the band The Pixies, which rose to prominence in the early 1990s and became a pioneer of alternative rock. more

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