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.
BEN FOLDSThe press is like any business. Its a group of really intelligent individuals that ends up being one slathering, one-eyed, drooling monster.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
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I could probably live in Bali the rest of my life and completely live in the sticks and have a f – king moped and make a record every couple of years and not step in public and break even like I do anyway. That’s really tempting.
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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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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.
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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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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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If you’re afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.
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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.
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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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It’s a tough thing to know that when you’re making your album, you’re going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.
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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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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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