I’m definitely an anomaly, but I’m making things. They’re selling, say, martinis, and I’m kind of making vintage Riesling.
BEN FOLDSIf you’re afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.
More Ben Folds Quotes
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The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
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I’ve gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.
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I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
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The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point.
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Off the coast and I’m headed nowhere
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Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there’s a lot of subtlety. That’s what I’m proud of.
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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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I have manic energy. What can be done about it? I don’t know what to say sometimes. I’m professional in public, but I like to stay inside and be a hermit.
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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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It’s a tough thing to know that when you’re making your album, you’re going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.
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The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
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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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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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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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People learn at the rate they are going to learn.
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