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.
BEN FOLDSI do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it’s usually because you’re just not coming to grips with something.
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I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it’s usually because you’re just not coming to grips with something.
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Everyone grew up with a piano in their living room, so rocking out on the piano was accessible – it wasn’t an upper-class thing. Now pianos have become very much a piece of furniture.
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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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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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If you’re afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
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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’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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And all I really want to say is you’re the reason I want to stay.
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