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 FOLDSIt’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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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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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Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
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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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My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn’t do it.
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A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
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The press is like any business. Its a group of really intelligent individuals that ends up being one slathering, one-eyed, drooling monster.
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I’m not really a strange person or anything, so if there’s music I like, usually there’s other people who like it too.
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Im really good at writing almost hits.
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