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.
BEN FOLDSIm really good at writing almost hits.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
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A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
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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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It’s like being in the position of – in half of the industry’s mind, you’re kind of a cult-following, independent rocker. And on the other hand, you’re a sellout. But neither one of them are right.
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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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There is still some art in pop music. But it can’t happen if you’re not inspired.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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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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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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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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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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Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
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Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there’s a lot of subtlety. That’s what I’m proud of.
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I drink a lot, probably too much. My scene while writing lyrics is always a bottle of scotch and stacks of note cards, pencil and pencil sharpener. I throw around note cards and drink.
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White people don’t sing together very often, and when they do, it’s about the celebrity of the song. The singing at my shows is all about harmony.
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I 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.
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I could probably live in Bali the rest of my life and completely live in the sticks and have a f – king moped and make a record every couple of years and not step in public and break even like I do anyway. That’s really tempting.
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I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.
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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 nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
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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 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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I divorce myself from listeners who aren’t tolerant of humor. I did notice universally that, especially when it comes to weight, people look in the mirror and get the angle just right, tell themselves it’s all right, and then they go out.
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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 feel like a quote out of context.
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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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