I do have that mindset – that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath.
BEN FOLDSWhite 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.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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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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I look to an out gay man or woman as pretty much what I would aspire to. The strength that it takes to do that and the floodgates that open and what they pay for it.
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A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
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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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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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Everybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
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The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
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I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
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Im really good at writing almost hits.
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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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If you’re afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.
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I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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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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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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