And all I really want to say is you’re the reason I want to stay.
BEN FOLDSThe press is like any business. Its a group of really intelligent individuals that ends up being one slathering, one-eyed, drooling monster.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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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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If you can’t draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
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I’m romantically inclined. No human being on Earth is not attracted to other people. There is no fairy tale that they only have eyes for you. You just choose to act on it or not.
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I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain.
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I think alcohol is a good drug for me when I’m writing. I don’t think I’ve ever had a problem with it. I can stop for a few weeks, so I think it’s okay. I don’t think it’s good for my liver, but I do love it. It’s a huge part of my life, and it makes me happy.
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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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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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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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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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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 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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Notes don’t make music until you learn to insert silence between them.
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I’m older than I was, and I’m still washed-up, and I haven’t changed my music one iota. It’s just much easier to do this when people are being nice to you.
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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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