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.
BEN FOLDSI 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.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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White people don’t sing together very often, and when they do, it’s about the celebrity of the song. The singing at my shows is all about harmony.
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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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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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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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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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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 think a lot of good directors listen to music while they’re working. The songs just don’t become a part of the film. They’re replaced.
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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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You can’t really control how people hear stuff. It’s hard to remember that. I have to let go of it.
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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.
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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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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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If you can’t draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
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Im really good at writing almost hits.
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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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