You never know when you put out an album that’s unique whether it’ll get beat up for it or not.
BEN FOLDSBilly Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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You can’t really control how people hear stuff. It’s hard to remember that. I have to let go of it.
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I start songs all the time. If I weren’t so lazy, I would finish them. It’s like when I have a deadline I have to.
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If the melody is telling me this is what the song is about, then I’m sort of forced into confession, autobiography or fantasy. If I don’t do that, I’ve hamstrung the melody.
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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
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Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.
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Im really good at writing almost hits.
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White people don’t sing together very often, and when they do, it’s about the celebrity of the song. The singing at my shows is all about harmony.
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Everything I write is personal, really. Even when I’m sarcastic, it’s quite personal. And on this record, from the production to the singing to the performances, I got it really honest.
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People learn at the rate they are going to learn.
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I divorce myself from listeners who aren’t tolerant of humor. I did notice universally that, especially when it comes to weight, people look in the mirror and get the angle just right, tell themselves it’s all right, and then they go out.
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A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
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Off the coast and I’m headed nowhere
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