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.
BEN FOLDSIm really good at writing almost hits.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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Everybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
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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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But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that’s the center of it, that is it. It’s almost like there’s something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you’re a songwriter that sings your material.
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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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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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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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Notes don’t make music until you learn to insert silence between them.
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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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Even though I live in America more, I feel like when I go to Adelaide, that’s when I get to go home.
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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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Being capable of anything is a bullshit concept, unless it means you also admit that you’re capable of cheating, lying and killing.
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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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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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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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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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