I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it’s usually because you’re just not coming to grips with something.
BEN FOLDSIm really good at writing almost hits.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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I start songs all the time. If I weren’t so lazy, I would finish them. It’s like when I have a deadline I have to.
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Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
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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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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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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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If the melody is telling me this is what the song is about, then I’m sort of forced into confession, autobiography or fantasy. If I don’t do that, I’ve hamstrung the melody.
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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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Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I’ve got Joni Mitchell records, and they’re great, and I couldn’t possibly be that good.
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I don’t leave my neighborhood. I don’t go anywhere. There are four blocks I live in and there are two coffee shops, one at each end of the block… so I don’t do much driving…
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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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If I’m in a relationship and my girlfriend is sleeping with other people, I don’t need to know who it is; I just want to know how she feels about it.
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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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Notes don’t make music until you learn to insert silence between them.
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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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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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