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.
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.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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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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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People learn at the rate they are going to learn.
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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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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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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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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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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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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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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’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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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 think people use temp music quite a bit, but the people who write the temp music don’t ever really learn that their music was inspiring a movie.
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I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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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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