It’s like being in the position of – in half of the industry’s mind, you’re kind of a cult-following, independent rocker. And on the other hand, you’re a sellout. But neither one of them are right.
BEN FOLDSI have manic energy. What can be done about it? I don’t know what to say sometimes. I’m professional in public, but I like to stay inside and be a hermit.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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Off the coast and I’m headed nowhere
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Everybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
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I’ve gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.
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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 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.
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You never know when you put out an album that’s unique whether it’ll get beat up for it or not.
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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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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 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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People learn at the rate they are going to learn.
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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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Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
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If the melody is telling me this is what the song is about, then I’m sort of forced into confession, autobiography or fantasy. If I don’t do that, I’ve hamstrung the melody.
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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 start songs all the time. If I weren’t so lazy, I would finish them. It’s like when I have a deadline I have to.
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