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.
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
-
-
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.
BEN FOLDS -
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.
BEN FOLDS -
The way I see it, there’s only one melody for any song.
BEN FOLDS -
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.
BEN FOLDS -
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.
BEN FOLDS -
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.
BEN FOLDS -
My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn’t do it.
BEN FOLDS -
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.
BEN FOLDS -
I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
BEN FOLDS -
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.
BEN FOLDS -
The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard
BEN FOLDS -
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.
BEN FOLDS -
I’m definitely an anomaly, but I’m making things. They’re selling, say, martinis, and I’m kind of making vintage Riesling.
BEN FOLDS -
I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.
BEN FOLDS -
If you’re afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.
BEN FOLDS






