Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there’s a lot of subtlety. That’s what I’m proud of.
BEN FOLDSWhat stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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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Everyone, when you’re a teenager and you’re growing up, you do feel like your life is dramatic enough to be on a TV screen, but we know that it’s not.
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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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A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
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Next door, there’s an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I’m sorry, I know that’s a strange way to tell you that I know we belong.
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I do have that mindset – that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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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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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’m definitely an anomaly, but I’m making things. They’re selling, say, martinis, and I’m kind of making vintage Riesling.
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The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
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I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
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Everybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
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