I look to an out gay man or woman as pretty much what I would aspire to. The strength that it takes to do that and the floodgates that open and what they pay for it.
BEN FOLDSEven though I live in America more, I feel like when I go to Adelaide, that’s when I get to go home.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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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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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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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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
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I have manic energy. What can be done about it? I don’t know what to say sometimes. I’m professional in public, but I like to stay inside and be a hermit.
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I 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.
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I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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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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I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
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If I’m in a relationship and my girlfriend is sleeping with other people, I don’t need to know who it is; I just want to know how she feels about it.
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I feel like a quote out of context.
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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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You never know when you put out an album that’s unique whether it’ll get beat up for it or not.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn’t do it.
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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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I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it’s usually because you’re just not coming to grips with something.
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People learn at the rate they are going to learn.
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I don’t leave my neighborhood. I don’t go anywhere. There are four blocks I live in and there are two coffee shops, one at each end of the block… so I don’t do much driving…
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What stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
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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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Im really good at writing almost hits.
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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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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.
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Some people would say they never see me because I don’t go anywhere. I stay in the blue state of Nashville, in my bubble.
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Even though I live in America more, I feel like when I go to Adelaide, that’s when I get to go home.
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