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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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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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
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The piano is just a different animal. It’s expensive, it’s big, it’s heavy, and it doesn’t fit in the mix easily.
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People aren’t going to sit there very often, not your average public, and your average music-business monster is not going to take the time to notice the overtones and the undertones inside the flavor. They’d rather just have the martini.
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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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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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The less I talk in bars, write emails, express myself in an emotionally lewd way outside of my songwriting, the more I have to do it through my music.
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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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I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.
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Next door, there’s an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I’m sorry, I know that’s a strange way to tell you that I know we belong.
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Im really good at writing almost hits.
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The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don’t want heard, then they have power over you.
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And all I really want to say is you’re the reason I want to stay.
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