There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired. — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
The less I talk in bars, write emails, express myself in an emotionally lewd way outside of my songwriting, the more I… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn't happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it. — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
I think people use temp music quite a bit, but the people who write the temp music don't ever really learn that… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
I'm older than I was, and I'm still washed-up, and I haven't changed my music one iota. It's just much easier to… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
My job is to be some sort of music/lyric psychic, to figure out that that's the right song to not fight the… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
If the melody is telling me this is what the song is about, then I'm sort of forced into confession, autobiography or… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
I've gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
“I start songs all the time. If I weren't so lazy, I would finish them. It's like when I have a deadline… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
Maybe this is wrong, but I feel like I craft my songs carefully enough that I still find that fifteen years after… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they're working. The songs just don't become a part of the… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
What stupid f - king idiot gets married a second time if the first time didn't work out? — Ben Folds Copy Share
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… — Ben Folds Copy Share
There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired. — Ben Folds Copy Share
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. — Ben Folds Copy Share
With the a cappella groups, every voice is like one string on a guitar, one note on the piano, or one cymbal, and you… — Ben Folds Copy Share
You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or not. — Ben Folds Copy Share
The piano is just a different animal. It's expensive, it's big, it's heavy, and it doesn't fit in the mix easily. Everyone grew up… — Ben Folds Copy Share
I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy… — Ben Folds Copy Share
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. — Ben Folds Copy Share
The press is like any business. Its a group of really intelligent individuals that ends up being one slathering, one-eyed, drooling monster. — Ben Folds Copy Share
You can't really control how people hear stuff. It's hard to remember that. I have to let go of it. — Ben Folds Copy Share
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. — Ben Folds Copy Share
Everyone, when you're a teenager and you're growing up, you do feel like your life is dramatic enough to be on a TV screen,… — Ben Folds Copy Share
