You never know when you put out an album that’s unique whether it’ll get beat up for it or not.
BEN FOLDSYou never know when you put out an album that’s unique whether it’ll get beat up for it or not.
BEN FOLDSSome people would say they never see me because I don’t go anywhere. I stay in the blue state of Nashville, in my bubble.
BEN FOLDSI 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.
BEN FOLDSI do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it’s usually because you’re just not coming to grips with something.
BEN FOLDSNow that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
BEN FOLDSThe way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
BEN FOLDSIf 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.
BEN FOLDSThe 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.
BEN FOLDSI 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.
BEN FOLDSI love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
BEN FOLDSMy parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn’t do it.
BEN FOLDSI 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.
BEN FOLDSI 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.
BEN FOLDSAnd all I really want to say is you’re the reason I want to stay.
BEN FOLDSThe clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
BEN FOLDSYou can’t really control how people hear stuff. It’s hard to remember that. I have to let go of it.
BEN FOLDS