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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.

Ben Folds

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
Everybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
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Fighting Growing Hurt Up
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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Mistake Something Thinking
Im really good at writing almost hits.
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Almost Fold Good Writing
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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Girlfriend People Sleep
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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Feels Want Withholding
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
Off the coast and I’m headed nowhere
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Coast Headed Nowhere
I’m older than I was, and I’m still washed-up, and I haven’t changed my music one iota. It’s just much easier to do this when people are being nice to you.
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Easier Nice People
Everyone grew up with a piano in their living room, so rocking out on the piano was accessible – it wasn’t an upper-class thing. Now pianos have become very much a piece of furniture.
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Every Furniture One Piano Room The Piece
I feel like a quote out of context.
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Context Feels Folds
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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Cards Scotch Writing
What stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
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Kings Out Stupid Work
I have manic energy. What can be done about it? I don’t know what to say sometimes. I’m professional in public, but I like to stay inside and be a hermit.
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Done Energy Sometimes
My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn’t do it.
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Failure Married Parent
In many ways, I’ve chosen to be plain, almost too plain, too self-effacing. Like, if I record a vocal and I don’t like the way it sounds, I would have them turn it up and take the reverb off it to make it as plain as possible.
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Records Self Sound

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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