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 Image
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… — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think. — 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 Image
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 Image
There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired. — 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 lyric. — Ben Folds Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
