Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
BEN FOLDSSome people would say they never see me because I don’t go anywhere. I stay in the blue state of Nashville, in my bubble.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they’re working. The songs just don’t become a part of the film. They’re replaced.
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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’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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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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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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I look to an out gay man or woman as pretty much what I would aspire to. The strength that it takes to do that and the floodgates that open and what they pay for it.
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Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
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The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don’t want heard, then they have power over you.
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But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that’s the center of it, that is it. It’s almost like there’s something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you’re a songwriter that sings your material.
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A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
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Notes don’t make music until you learn to insert silence between them.
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There is still some art in pop music. But it can’t happen if you’re not inspired.
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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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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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I think alcohol is a good drug for me when I’m writing. I don’t think I’ve ever had a problem with it. I can stop for a few weeks, so I think it’s okay. I don’t think it’s good for my liver, but I do love it. It’s a huge part of my life, and it makes me happy.
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