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.
BEN FOLDSI’m not really a strange person or anything, so if there’s music I like, usually there’s other people who like it too.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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Im really good at writing almost hits.
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And all I really want to say is you’re the reason I want to stay.
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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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Everybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
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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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If you can’t draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
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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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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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People learn at the rate they are going to learn.
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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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White people don’t sing together very often, and when they do, it’s about the celebrity of the song. The singing at my shows is all about harmony.
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I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
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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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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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If the melody is telling me this is what the song is about, then I’m sort of forced into confession, autobiography or fantasy. If I don’t do that, I’ve hamstrung the melody.
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