I 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 FOLDSIn many ways, I’ve chosen to be plain, almost too plain, too self-effacing. Like, if I record a vocal and I don’t like the way it sounds, I would have them turn it up and take the reverb off it to make it as plain as possible.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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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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.
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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.
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Everybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
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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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People learn at the rate they are going to learn.
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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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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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I feel like a quote out of context.
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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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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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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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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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The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
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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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