There is still some art in pop music. But it can’t happen if you’re not inspired.
BEN FOLDSPeople learn at the rate they are going to learn.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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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I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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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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The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard
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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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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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The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point.
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The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn’t happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it.
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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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Im really good at writing almost hits.
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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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And all I really want to say is you’re the reason I want to stay.
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The press is like any business. Its a group of really intelligent individuals that ends up being one slathering, one-eyed, drooling monster.
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I think people use temp music quite a bit, but the people who write the temp music don’t ever really learn that their music was inspiring a movie.
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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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