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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 Folds

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
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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Confession Fantasy Song
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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Couple Kings Years
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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Numbers Pressure Real
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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Adelaide Country Home
Im really good at writing almost hits.
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Almost Fold Good Writing
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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Albums Beats Unique
I feel like a quote out of context.
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Context Feels Folds
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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Block Coffee
The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
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Growing Reality Waiting
Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
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Kids Rocks Roll
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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People Song White
The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard
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Heard Lying Often Spoke
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
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Day Love Valentines Way
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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Experience Share Something Thinking
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

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.

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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.

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