But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that’s the center of it, that is it. It’s almost like there’s something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you’re a songwriter that sings your material.
BEN FOLDSI 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.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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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I’m not really a strange person or anything, so if there’s music I like, usually there’s other people who like it too.
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In 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.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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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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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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And all I really want to say is you’re the reason I want to stay.
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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 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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There is still some art in pop music. But it can’t happen if you’re not inspired.
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I’m definitely an anomaly, but I’m making things. They’re selling, say, martinis, and I’m kind of making vintage Riesling.
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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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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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Some people would say they never see me because I don’t go anywhere. I stay in the blue state of Nashville, in my bubble.
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