Next door, there’s an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I’m sorry, I know that’s a strange way to tell you that I know we belong.
BEN FOLDSI drink a lot, probably too much. My scene while writing lyrics is always a bottle of scotch and stacks of note cards, pencil and pencil sharpener. I throw around note cards and drink.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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I don’t leave my neighborhood. I don’t go anywhere. There are four blocks I live in and there are two coffee shops, one at each end of the block… so I don’t do much driving…
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Everyone, when you’re a teenager and you’re growing up, you do feel like your life is dramatic enough to be on a TV screen, but we know that it’s not.
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I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
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The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard
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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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The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
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Everybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
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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 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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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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Notes don’t make music until you learn to insert silence between them.
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I drink a lot, probably too much. My scene while writing lyrics is always a bottle of scotch and stacks of note cards, pencil and pencil sharpener. I throw around note cards and drink.
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The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn’t happen because some business component that you never knew about stops 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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The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
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