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I’m really good at writing ‘almost hits’.
Ben Folds
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.
Ben Folds
You never know when you put out an album that’s unique whether it’ll get beat up for it or not.
Ben Folds
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.
Ben Folds
I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
Ben Folds
But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that’s the center of it, that is it. It’s almost like there’s something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you’re a songwriter that sings your material.
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 press is like any business. It’s a group of really intelligent individuals that ends up being one slathering, one-eyed, drooling monster.
Ben Folds
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.
Ben Folds
A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
Ben Folds
My job is to be some sort of music/lyric psychic, to figure out that that’s the right song to not fight the lyric.
Ben Folds
Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.
Ben Folds
There is still some art in pop music. But it can’t happen if you’re not inspired.
Ben Folds
Everybody knows it hurts to grow up… and we’re still fighting it.
Ben Folds
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.
Ben Folds
Even though I live in America more, I feel like when I go to Adelaide, that’s when I get to go home.
Ben Folds
The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We’re growing old. It’s getting late.
Ben Folds
With the a cappella groups, every voice is like one string on a guitar, one note on the piano, or one cymbal, and you don’t have the luxury of falling back on anything.
Ben Folds
