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.
BEN FOLDSWhen 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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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 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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I look to an out gay man or woman as pretty much what I would aspire to. The strength that it takes to do that and the floodgates that open and what they pay for it.
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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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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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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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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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A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
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The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
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Notes don’t make music until you learn to insert silence between them.
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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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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 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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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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I do have that mindset – that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath.
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