If you can’t draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
BEN FOLDSI think a lot of good directors listen to music while they’re working. The songs just don’t become a part of the film. They’re replaced.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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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’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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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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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.
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I think people use temp music quite a bit, but the people who write the temp music don’t ever really learn that their music was inspiring a movie.
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And all I really want to say is you’re the reason I want to stay.
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My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn’t do it.
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Everybody knows it hurts to grow up…and we’re still fighting it.
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Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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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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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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What stupid f – king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn’t work out?
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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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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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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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