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 FOLDSIf you can’t draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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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What stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
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It’s a tough thing to know that when you’re making your album, you’re going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.
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I divorce myself from listeners who aren’t tolerant of humor. I did notice universally that, especially when it comes to weight, people look in the mirror and get the angle just right, tell themselves it’s all right, and then they go out.
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If you’re afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.
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You can’t really control how people hear stuff. It’s hard to remember that. I have to let go of 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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The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
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The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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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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And all I really want to say is you’re the reason I want to stay.
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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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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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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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