Quotes from Ben Folds

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

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

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

I'm not really a strange person or anything, so if there's music I like, usually there's other people who like it too.

The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.

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

With the a cappella groups, every voice is like one string on a guitar, one note on the piano, or one cymbal, and you don't have the luxury of falling back on anything.

There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired.

My idea is to play with the people who you know want to get it right. Then it's fun and easy to record, and you can get down to details, like taking out cymbals so the verse doesn't dwarf the chorus, something like that.

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

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

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.

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

If the melody is telling me this is what the song is about, then I'm sort of forced into confession, autobiography or fantasy. If I don't do that, I've hamstrung the melody.

In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.

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