If you’re afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.
BEN FOLDSI want people to listen to my lyrics and be okay with themselves. The people who have it the roughest are homosexuals who come out of the closet.
More Ben Folds Quotes
-
-
Even though I live in America more, I feel like when I go to Adelaide, that’s when I get to go home.
BEN FOLDS -
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
BEN FOLDS -
Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
BEN FOLDS -
What stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
BEN FOLDS -
Everyone, when you’re a teenager and you’re growing up, you do feel like your life is dramatic enough to be on a TV screen, but we know that it’s not.
BEN FOLDS -
To the modern ear, it seems soft. When you hear it against other things, it seems vulnerable. Lyrically and musically, though, this is more subtle. And, yes, it’s asking a lot of someone who’s used to being hit over the head with bright neon to listen to this.
BEN FOLDS -
I always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can’t make myself finish something unless I am forced
BEN FOLDS -
But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that’s the center of it, that is it. It’s almost like there’s something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you’re a songwriter that sings your material.
BEN FOLDS -
People learn at the rate they are going to learn.
BEN FOLDS -
Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I’ve got Joni Mitchell records, and they’re great, and I couldn’t possibly be that good.
BEN FOLDS -
I’ve gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.
BEN FOLDS -
I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
BEN FOLDS -
Being capable of anything is a bullshit concept, unless it means you also admit that you’re capable of cheating, lying and killing.
BEN FOLDS -
When someone really goes to tell you something about what they’re thinking, they’re going to wear that experience with them. That’s what you have to share.
BEN FOLDS -
If you can’t draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
BEN FOLDS