I do have that mindset – that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath.
BEN FOLDSThe 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.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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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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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I’m definitely an anomaly, but I’m making things. They’re selling, say, martinis, and I’m kind of making vintage Riesling.
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The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
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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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I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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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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What stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
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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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Im really good at writing almost hits.
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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’ve gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.
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The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
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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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