“The biggest sacrifice to me is to not be in an atmosphere where I can keep writing and moving forward.” WritingI CanMovingSacrificeMoving ForwardAtmosphere Author:Trey Anastasio
“I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.” CharacterStoriesGivenLinesJourneyTheaterMusicalI've LearnedPlotGestures Author:Trey Anastasio
“The U.S. views Morocco as an important friend, and we applaud your political and economic reforms that culminated with the recent parliamentary elections that were widely reported to have been conducted in a fair and open manner.” Has BeensImportantPoliticalViewsEconomicFairsElectionReformParliamentaryMoroccoEconomic Reforms Author:Donald Evans
“When you poll all of the economists, uh, across America that I think are intellectually honest they would all, or maybe not all, but 95% of them 96% of them would say you know we really have got a powerful economy.” ThinkingKnowsAmericaPowerfulEconomyHonestEconomistPolls Author:Donald Evans
“You never know when you put out an album that's unique whether it'll get beat up for it or not.” KnowsUniqueBeatsAlbumsUniquenessFolds Author:Ben Folds
“Rock and roll is - and should be - a kid's place.” ShouldKidsRocksRock And RollFolds Author:Ben Folds
“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.” KnowsRealEndsNumbersBehindsToughPressureAlbumsFoldsArtworkCollaboratingTough Things Author:Ben Folds
“A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they've seen everything.” ThinkingMenYearsYouthOld ManFolds Author:Ben Folds
“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.” FeelsEndsBigsPainUsedFoundWhiteFiveBandJokesHeavyBrokeScreamMetalsFoldsGigsHeavy MetalRantFalsetto Author:Ben Folds
“Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.” WritingProudSimplicitySubtlety Author:Ben Folds