Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there’s a lot of subtlety. That’s what I’m proud of.
BEN FOLDSOff the coast and I’m headed nowhere
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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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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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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.
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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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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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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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People aren’t going to sit there very often, not your average public, and your average music-business monster is not going to take the time to notice the overtones and the undertones inside the flavor. They’d rather just have the martini.
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I’ve gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.
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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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The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn’t happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it.
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The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard
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Everything I write is personal, really. Even when I’m sarcastic, it’s quite personal. And on this record, from the production to the singing to the performances, I got it really honest.
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My job is to be some sort of music/lyric psychic, to figure out that that’s the right song to not fight the lyric.
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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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Off the coast and I’m headed nowhere
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