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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.

Ben Folds

Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there’s a lot of subtlety. That’s what I’m proud of.
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Proud Simplicity Writing
There is still some art in pop music. But it can’t happen if you’re not inspired.
BEN FOLDS

Art Inspired Pops
The piano is just a different animal. It’s expensive, it’s big, it’s heavy, and it doesn’t fit in the mix easily.
BEN FOLDS

Animal Class Piano
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.
BEN FOLDS

Director Song Thinking
Im really good at writing almost hits.
BEN FOLDS

Almost Fold Good Writing
Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I’ve got Joni Mitchell records, and they’re great, and I couldn’t possibly be that good.
BEN FOLDS

Records Sound Want
Off the coast and I’m headed nowhere
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Coast Headed Nowhere
Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
BEN FOLDS

Kids Rocks Roll
Notes don’t make music until you learn to insert silence between them.
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Notes Silence
I think people use temp music quite a bit, but the people who write the temp music don’t ever really learn that their music was inspiring a movie.
BEN FOLDS

People Thinking Writing
If you’re afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.
BEN FOLDS

might Past Redneck
The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
BEN FOLDS

Gravity Song Way
I’m definitely an anomaly, but I’m making things. They’re selling, say, martinis, and I’m kind of making vintage Riesling.
BEN FOLDS

Average People Vintage
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.
BEN FOLDS

Done Energy Sometimes
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.
BEN FOLDS

List Sick Song
The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn’t happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it.
BEN FOLDS

Business Happens Music Sometimes

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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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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