The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
BEN FOLDSBeing capable of anything is a bullshit concept, unless it means you also admit that you’re capable of cheating, lying and killing.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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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Everybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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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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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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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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What stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
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I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
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I feel like a quote out of context.
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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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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 always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can’t make myself finish something unless I am forced
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But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that’s the center of it, that is it. It’s almost like there’s something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you’re a songwriter that sings your material.
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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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The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard
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