I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain.
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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I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain.
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And all I really want to say is you’re the reason I want to stay.
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People learn at the rate they are going to learn.
BEN FOLDSPeople learn at the rate they are going to learn.
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Notes don’t make music until you learn to insert silence between them.
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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.
BEN FOLDSI 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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Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
BEN FOLDSRock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
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The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don’t want heard, then they have power over you.
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Everybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
BEN FOLDSEverybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
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The piano is just a different animal. It’s expensive, it’s big, it’s heavy, and it doesn’t fit in the mix easily.
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Everything I write is personal, really. Even when I’m sarcastic, it’s quite personal. And on this record, from the production to the singing to the performances, I got it really honest.
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What stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
BEN FOLDSWhat stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
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Everyone grew up with a piano in their living room, so rocking out on the piano was accessible – it wasn’t an upper-class thing. Now pianos have become very much a piece of furniture.
BEN FOLDSEveryone grew up with a piano in their living room, so rocking out on the piano was accessible – it wasn’t an upper-class thing. Now pianos have become very much a piece of furniture.
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I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
BEN FOLDSI’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
BEN FOLDSA lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
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I feel like a quote out of context.
BEN FOLDSI feel like a quote out of context.
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Off the coast and I’m headed nowhere
BEN FOLDSOff the coast and I’m headed nowhere
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