Ben Folds Lyrics

Ben Folds Info:

Birth name:
Benjamin Scott Folds

Born:
September 12, 1966 (age )

From:
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Education:
R.J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem

Genres:
Rock, power pop

Occupations:
Musician, composer, arranger, bandleader

Instruments:
Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keytar, melodica, synthesizer, drums

Years active:
1988–present

Associated acts:
Ben Folds Five
Pomplamoose
Julia Nunes
Regina Spektor
Amanda Palmer
Angela Aki
Kate Miller-Heidke
Sara Bareilles

Ben Folds Quotes:
The main thing is that we performed the songs, then went to the speakers - if we liked it, we kept it; if we didn't, then we did it again. That seems like the most obvious way to record, but it really isn't the way we make records in this day and age. This is just very old-fashioned.

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.

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.

You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or not.

A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they've seen everything.

I had to play a George Harrison song at a benefit a couple nights ago, and it was really hard for me. Obviously it wasn't my world.

I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain.

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.

It's a tough thing to know that when you're making your album, you're going to end up collaborating with, say, Wal-Mart, on your artwork. That just sucks. And the pressure behind getting the numbers real fast is, to me, dizzying.

It's not safe, but yeah, I can flip a piano over. You take it on this side where there's not really as much weight.

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