I drink a lot, probably too much. My scene while writing lyrics is always a bottle of scotch and stacks of note cards, pencil and pencil sharpener. I throw around note cards and drink.
BEN FOLDSBilly Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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And all I really want to say is you’re the reason I want to stay.
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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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The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn’t happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it.
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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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There is still some art in pop music. But it can’t happen if you’re not inspired.
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The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard
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It’s like being in the position of – in half of the industry’s mind, you’re kind of a cult-following, independent rocker. And on the other hand, you’re a sellout. But neither one of them are right.
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People aren’t going to sit there very often, not your average public, and your average music-business monster is not going to take the time to notice the overtones and the undertones inside the flavor. They’d rather just have the martini.
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My job is to be some sort of music/lyric psychic, to figure out that that’s the right song to not fight the lyric.
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Next door, there’s an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I’m sorry, I know that’s a strange way to tell you that I know we belong.
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I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
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The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point.
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