Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there’s a lot of subtlety. That’s what I’m proud of.
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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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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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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Some people would say they never see me because I don’t go anywhere. I stay in the blue state of Nashville, in my bubble.
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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 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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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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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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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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I 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.
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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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A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
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The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
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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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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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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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