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.
BEN FOLDSNow that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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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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 feel like a quote out of context.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain.
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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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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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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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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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Everybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
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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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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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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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And all I really want to say is you’re the reason I want to stay.
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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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