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.
BEN FOLDSBecause I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there’s a lot of subtlety. That’s what I’m proud of.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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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I feel like a quote out of context.
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Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
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The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
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In many ways, I’ve chosen to be plain, almost too plain, too self-effacing. Like, if I record a vocal and I don’t like the way it sounds, I would have them turn it up and take the reverb off it to make it as plain as possible.
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Off the coast and I’m headed nowhere
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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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Im really good at writing almost hits.
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Some people would say they never see me because I don’t go anywhere. I stay in the blue state of Nashville, in my bubble.
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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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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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What stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
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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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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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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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