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Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there’s a lot of subtlety. That’s what I’m proud of.

Ben Folds

I think alcohol is a good drug for me when I’m writing. I don’t think I’ve ever had a problem with it. I can stop for a few weeks, so I think it’s okay. I don’t think it’s good for my liver, but I do love it. It’s a huge part of my life, and it makes me happy.
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Alcohol Thinking Writing
My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn’t do it.
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Failure Married Parent
The less I talk in bars, write emails, express myself in an emotionally lewd way outside of my songwriting, the more I have to do it through my music.
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Bars Email Writing
Im really good at writing almost hits.
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Almost Fold Good Writing
Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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Feelings Found Someone
Off the coast and I’m headed nowhere
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Coast Headed Nowhere
Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
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Kids Rocks Roll
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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Business Happens Music Sometimes
There is still some art in pop music. But it can’t happen if you’re not inspired.
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Art Inspired Pops
Being capable of anything is a bullshit concept, unless it means you also admit that you’re capable of cheating, lying and killing.
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Cheating Lying Mean
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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Fighting Job Song
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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List Sick Song
I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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Fringe Nice Way
I’m not really a strange person or anything, so if there’s music I like, usually there’s other people who like it too.
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Anything People Person Strange
What stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
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Kings Out Stupid Work
Everyone grew up with a piano in their living room, so rocking out on the piano was accessible – it wasn’t an upper-class thing. Now pianos have become very much a piece of furniture.
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Every Furniture One Piano Room The Piece

Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there’s a lot of subtlety. That’s what I’m proud of.

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