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.
BEN FOLDSI 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…
More Ben Folds Quotes
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Everyone, when you’re a teenager and you’re growing up, you do feel like your life is dramatic enough to be on a TV screen, but we know that it’s not.
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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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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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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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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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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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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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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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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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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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The 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.
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I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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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’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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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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