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 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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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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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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I 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.
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When someone really goes to tell you something about what they’re thinking, they’re going to wear that experience with them. That’s what you have to share.
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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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Everything I write is personal, really. Even when I’m sarcastic, it’s quite personal. And on this record, from the production to the singing to the performances, I got it really honest.
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Being capable of anything is a bullshit concept, unless it means you also admit that you’re capable of cheating, lying and killing.
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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 I’m in a relationship and my girlfriend is sleeping with other people, I don’t need to know who it is; I just want to know how she feels about it.
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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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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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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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Im really good at writing almost hits.
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