Ben Folds Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

But I really do have a soft spot for the solo shows. Any musician who writes and sings will tell you that's the center of it, that is it. It's almost like there's something church-like about it and you gotta go back there, if you're a songwriter that sings your material.

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

I divorce myself from listeners who aren't tolerant of humor. I did notice universally that, especially when it comes to weight, people look in the mirror and get the angle just right, tell themselves it's all right, and then they go out.

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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