14 Ben Folds Quotes for You to Enjoy

Ben Folds

American Musician

Born: Sep 12, 1966

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I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain. Ben Folds

Saying Myself Heavy Metal Joke Big Band White Pain Broke Rant Gigs Some Feel Like Metal Am End Five Scream Heavy Used Found Thing Things Started Ben

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. Ben Folds

Day You Man Strange Old Wife Sorry Way Nineties One Day Tell Stayed Days Know Couple She Passed His Door Old Man Next Next Door Strange Way Who Lived Away Belong Sleep

I'm really good at writing 'almost hits'. Ben Folds

Good Writing Almost Hits Really

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

Me You Pressure Tough Collaborating Say Tough Thing Know Making Real End Up Wal-Mart Getting Going Behind Just Artwork Your Sucks Fast Thing Album Numbers

A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they've seen everything. Ben Folds

Old Men Seen Think Everything Like Lot Old Men

Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone... than I ever have before. Ben Folds

Alone Feeling Before Someone More Than Found Now Ever

I'm not really a strange person or anything, so if there's music I like, usually there's other people who like it too. Ben Folds

Music Strange People Too Other Like Person Anything Really Who

I'm aware that I'm very fringe, and it's nice that way. Ben Folds

Nice Way Very Fringe Aware

My idea is to play with the people who you know want to get it right. Then it's fun and easy to record, and you can get down to details, like taking out cymbals so the verse doesn't dwarf the chorus, something like that. Ben Folds

The way I see it, there's only one melody for any song. Ben Folds

Song Way Melody See Only Any

In many ways, I've chosen to be plain, almost too plain, too self-effacing. Like, if I record a vocal and I don't like the way it sounds, I would have them turn it up and take the reverb off it to make it as plain as possible. Ben Folds

Too Way Ways Possible Would Record Vocal Take Almost Like Make Sounds Off Up Plain Them Turn Many Chosen

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