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Ben Folds
18 quotes
“Last night I was east with them And west within Trying to be for you what you wanna see.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Best Imitation of Myself", Ben Folds Five (1995).
“I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Best Imitation of Myself", Ben Folds Five (1995).
“Would you look at me I'm crazy But I get the job done Yeah, I'm crazy but I get the job done.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Philosophy", Ben Folds Five (1995).
“Now that I have found someone I'm feeling more alone Than I ever have before.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Brick", Whatever and Ever Amen (1997).
“All this breathing in Never breathing out.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fair", Whatever and Ever Amen (1997).
“So much time and so little to say..”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I'm Missing the War", Whatever and Ever Amen (1997).
“You have made me smile again In fact, I might be sore from it. It's been a while I know we've been together many times before I'll see you on the other side.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 1999 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Don't Change Your Plans", The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (1999).
“Who knows why some satellites come by and by while others disappear into the sky.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Michael Praytor", The Sound of the Life of the Mind (2012).
“This morning I wake to be older than you were Fresh white snow for miles Every footstep will be mine.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Away When You Were Here", The Sound of the Life of the Mind (2012).
“I don't get Many things right the first time In fact, I am told that a lot Now I know all the wrong turns And stumbles and falls Brought me here.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Luckiest", Rockin' the Suburbs (2001).
“Good morning, son In twenty years from now Maybe we'll both sit down and have a few beers And I can tell you 'bout today And how I picked you up and everything changed.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Still Fighting It", Rockin' the Suburbs (2001).
“You nodded off in my arms watching tv I won’t move you an inch Even though my arm’s asleep.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gracie", Songs for Silverman (2005).
“Why you gotta act like you know, if you don't know? It's okay if you don't know everything.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bastard", "Songs for Silverman" (2005).
“I refuse to rot like my contemporaries I want to explode in a karaoke supernova I don't wanna grow old Won't you let me, won't you let me explode?”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hiro's Song", Songs for Goldfish (2005).
“There's never gonna be a moment of truth for you While the world is watching All you need is the thing you forgotten And that's to learn to live with what you are.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Learn to Live with What You Are", Supersunnyspeedgraphic (2006).
“When you don't care then You've got nothing to lose And I won't hesitate Because every moment life is slipping away It's okay.”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: There's Always Someone Cooler Than You", Supersunnyspeedgraphic (2006).
“I stay focused on details It keeps me from feeling the big things But watch the microscope long enough Things that seem still are still changing”
Ben Folds (born 1966) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Still", Supersunnyspeedgraphic (2006).
“Notes don't make music until you learn to insert silence between them.”