The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
BEN FOLDSEverybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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 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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Off the coast and I’m headed nowhere
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If you’re afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.
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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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What stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
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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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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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The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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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 love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
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It’s a tough thing to know that when you’re making your album, you’re going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.
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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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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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