Author: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Ben Folds

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 do this when people are being nice to you.

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 do this when people are being nice to you.

- Ben Folds

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

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