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.
BEN FOLDSYou never know when you put out an album that’s unique whether it’ll get beat up for it or not.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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People learn at the rate they are going to learn.
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I feel like a quote out of context.
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The piano is just a different animal. It’s expensive, it’s big, it’s heavy, and it doesn’t fit in the mix easily.
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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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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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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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