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My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn't do it.
Ben Folds
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Ben Folds
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: September 12
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Benjamin Scott Folds
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I could probably live in Bali the rest of my life and completely live in the sticks and have a f - king moped and make a record every couple of years and not step in public and break even like I do anyway. That's really tempting.
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I 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.
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With a song, it only takes a couple of minutes to go back to the beginning and try it again to see if it works. The novel freaks me out because, what if you get into the eighth chapter and think, 'Let's go to the top and see if this works again? It's going to take me three weeks.' I'm in awe of that.
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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.
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The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard
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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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Next door, there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong.
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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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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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The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.
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I don't leave my neighborhood. I don't go anywhere. There are four blocks I live in and there are two coffee shops, one at each end of the block... so I don't do much driving... 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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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.
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I divorce myself from listeners who aren't tolerant of humor. I did notice universally that, especially when it comes to weight, people look in the mirror and get the angle just right, tell themselves it's all right, and then they go out.
Ben Folds
Rock and roll is - and should be - a kid's place.
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The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late.
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If I'm in a relationship and my girlfriend is sleeping with other people, I don't need to know who it is I just want to know how she feels about it.
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Im really good at writing almost hits.
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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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If you're afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.
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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.
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