Ben Folds
Ben Folds
Benjamin Scott "Ben" Foldsis an American singer-songwriter and record producer. From 1995 to 2000, Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. After the group temporarily disbanded, Folds performed as a solo artist and has toured all over the world. The group reunited in 2011. He has also collaborated with musicians such as William Shatner, Regina Spektor and "Weird Al" Yankovic and undertaken experimental songwriting projects with authors such as Nick Hornby and Neil...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth12 September 1966
CityWinston-Salem, NC
CountryUnited States of America
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.
Being capable of anything is a bullshit concept, unless it means you also admit that you're capable of cheating, lying and killing.
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 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 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.
You can't really control how people hear stuff. It's hard to remember that. I have to let go of it.
When someone really goes to tell you something about what they're thinking, they're going to wear that experience with them. That's what you have to share.
Next door, there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong.
The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard
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.
Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone... than I ever have before.
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.
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.
Everybody knows it hurts to grow up...and we're still fighting it.