127 Quotes by Ben Folds

I look to an out gay man or woman as pretty much what I would aspire to. The strength that it takes to do that and the floodgates that open and what they pay for it.

Im really good at writing almost hits.

If you're afraid they might discover your redneck past, there are a hundred ways to cover your redneck past.

I start songs all the time. If I weren't so lazy, I would finish them. It's like when I have a deadline I have to. I always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can't make myself finish something unless I am forced

It's like being in the position of - in half of the industry's mind, you're kind of a cult-following, independent rocker. And on the other hand, you're a sellout. But neither one of them are right.

Notes don't make music until you learn to insert silence between them.

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.

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.

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.