The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
BEN FOLDSThe 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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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’m romantically inclined. No human being on Earth is not attracted to other people. There is no fairy tale that they only have eyes for you. You just choose to act on it or not.
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The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
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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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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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It’s a tough thing to know that when you’re making your album, you’re going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.
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There is still some art in pop music. But it can’t happen if you’re not inspired.
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Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there’s a lot of subtlety. That’s what I’m proud of.
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A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
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Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
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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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The press is like any business. Its a group of really intelligent individuals that ends up being one slathering, one-eyed, drooling monster.
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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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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
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