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 FoldsI 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 FoldsThe music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn't happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it.
Ben FoldsWith 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.
Ben FoldsThe 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 with a piano in their living room, so rocking out on the piano was accessible - it wasn't an upper-class thing. Now pianos have become very much a piece of furniture.
Ben Folds