Im really good at writing almost hits.
BEN FOLDSI want people to listen to my lyrics and be okay with themselves. The people who have it the roughest are homosexuals who come out of the closet.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
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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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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 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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To the modern ear, it seems soft. When you hear it against other things, it seems vulnerable. Lyrically and musically, though, this is more subtle. And, yes, it’s asking a lot of someone who’s used to being hit over the head with bright neon to listen to this.
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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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If you’re afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.
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My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn’t do it.
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The less I talk in bars, write emails, express myself in an emotionally lewd way outside of my songwriting, the more I have to do it through my music.
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I always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can’t make myself finish something unless I am forced
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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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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’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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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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