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Ben Folds quotes: I want people to listen to my lyrics and be okay with themselves. The people who have it the roughest are homosexuals who come out of the closet.

I want people to listen to my lyrics and be okay with themselves. The people who have it the roughest are homosexuals who come out of the closet.

Ben Folds quotes: If you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall

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

Ben Folds quotes: The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don't want heard, then they have power over you.

The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don't want heard, then they have power over you.

Ben Folds quotes: Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone ... than I ever have before.

Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone ... than I ever have before.

Ben Folds quotes: Rock and roll is - and should be - a kid's place.

Rock and roll is - and should be - a kid's place.

Ben Folds quotes: 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.

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

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

Ben Folds quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Ben Folds quotes: Everybody knows it hurts to grow up ... and we're still fighting it.

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

Ben Folds quotes: The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late.

The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late.

Ben Folds quotes: You have made me smile again; in fact I may be sore from it- it's been awhile.

You have made me smile again; in fact I may be sore from it- it's been awhile.

Ben Folds quotes: Notes don't make music until you learn to insert silence between them.

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

Ben Folds quotes: I think people use temp music quite a bit, but the people who write the temp music don't ever really learn that their music was inspiring a movie.

I think people use temp music quite a bit, but the people who write the temp music don't ever really learn that their music was inspiring a movie.

Ben Folds quotes: The less I talk in bars, write emails, express myself in an emotionally lewd way outside of my songwriting, the more I have to do it through my music.

The less I talk in bars, write emails, express myself in an emotionally lewd way outside of my songwriting, the more I have to do it through my music.

Ben Folds quotes: The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn't happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it.

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 quotes: And all I really want to say is you're the reason I want to stay.

And all I really want to say is you're the reason I want to stay.

Ben Folds quotes: I'm really good at writing 'almost hits'.

I'm really good at writing 'almost hits'.

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

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

Ben Folds quotes: I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.

I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.

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

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

Ben Folds quotes: Being capable of anything is a bullshit concept, unless it means you also admit that you're capable of cheating, lying and killing.

Being capable of anything is a bullshit concept, unless it means you also admit that you're capable of cheating, lying and killing.

Ben Folds quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard

The cruelest lies are often told without a word
The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard

Ben Folds quotes: 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.

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

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

Ben Folds quotes: And I twisted it wrong just to make it rightHad to leave myself behind

And I twisted it wrong just to make it right
Had to leave myself behind

Ben Folds quotes: I'm aware that I'm very fringe, and it's nice that way.

I'm aware that I'm very fringe, and it's nice that way.

Ben Folds quotes: I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they're working. The songs just don't become a part of the film. They're replaced.

I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they're working. The songs just don't become a part of the film. They're replaced.

Ben Folds quotes: You can't really control how people hear stuff. It's hard to remember that. I have to let go of it.

You can't really control how people hear stuff. It's hard to remember that. I have to let go of it.

Ben Folds quotes: 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.

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

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

Ben Folds quotes: I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it's usually because you're just not coming to grips with something.

I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it's usually because you're just not coming to grips with something.

Ben Folds quotes: The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.

The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.

Ben Folds quotes: I feel like a quote out of context,

I feel like a quote out of context,

Ben Folds quotes: The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point.

The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point.

Ben Folds quotes: 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, but we know that it's not.

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, but we know that it's not.

Ben Folds quotes: There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired.

There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired.

Ben Folds quotes: Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.

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

Ben Folds quotes: Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere

Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere

Ben Folds quotes: People learn at the rate they are going to learn.

People learn at the rate they are going to learn.

Ben Folds quotes: I do have that mindset - that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath.

I do have that mindset - that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath.

Ben Folds quotes: I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.

Ben Folds quotes: A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they've seen everything.

A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they've seen everything.

Ben Folds quotes: Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.

Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.

Ben Folds quotes: If I'm in a relationship and my girlfriend is sleeping with other people, I don't need to know who it is; I just want to know how she feels about

If I'm in a relationship and my girlfriend is sleeping with other people, I don't need to know who it is; I just want to know how she feels about it.

Ben Folds quotes: My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn't do it.

My parents told me I must get married. I was seen as a failure if I didn't do it.