Ben Folds Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• With 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 Folds

  Song, Couple, Writing

• Everything I write is personal, really. Even when I'm sarcastic, it's quite personal. And on this record, from the production to the singing to the performances, I got it really honest. To the modern ear, it seems soft. When you hear it against other things, it seems vulnerable. Lyrically and musically, though, this is more subtle. And, yes, it's asking a lot of someone who's used to being hit over the head with bright neon to listen to this.

  Ben Folds

  Sarcastic, Writing, Singing

• Im really good at writing almost hits.

  Ben Folds

  Writing, Folds

• 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.

  Ben Folds

  Writing, Church, Musician

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

  Ben Folds

  Writing, Simplicity, Proud

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

• 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

  Writing, Email, Bars

  Source: www.billboard.com

• I drink a lot, probably too much. My scene while writing lyrics is always a bottle of scotch and stacks of note cards, pencil and pencil sharpener. I throw around note cards and drink.

  Ben Folds

  Writing, Scotch, Cards

  Source: www.billboard.com

• I think alcohol is a good drug for me when I'm writing. I don't think I've ever had a problem with it. I can stop for a few weeks, so I think it's okay. I don't think it's good for my liver, but I do love it. It's a huge part of my life, and it makes me happy.

  Ben Folds

  Writing, Thinking, Alcohol

  Source: www.billboard.com

• I start songs all the time. If I weren't so lazy, I would finish them. It's like when I have a deadline I have to. I always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can't make myself finish something unless I am forced

  Ben Folds

  Song, Writing, Years

• 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

  Writing, Thinking, People

  Source: collider.com

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