127 Quotes by Ben Folds

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.

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.

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.

Even though I live in America more, I feel like when I go to Adelaide, that's when I get to go home.

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.

The press is like any business. It's a group of really intelligent individuals that ends up being one slathering, one-eyed, drooling monster.

Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.

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

You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or not.