127 Quotes by 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. To the modern ear, it seems soft. When you hear it against other things, it seems vulnerable. Lyrically and musically, though, this is more subtle. And, yes, it's asking a lot of someone who's used to being hit over the head with bright neon to listen to this.

White people don't sing together very often, and when they do, it's about the celebrity of the song. The singing at my shows is all about harmony.

Everybody knows it hurts to grow up...and we're still fighting it.

I'm definitely an anomaly, but I'm making things. They're selling, say, martinis, and I'm kind of making vintage Riesling. People aren't going to sit there very often, not your average public, and your average music-business monster is not going to take the time to notice the overtones and the undertones inside the flavor. They'd rather just have the martini.

If you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall

I feel like a quote out of context,

What stupid f - king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn't work out?

Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere

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