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I wasn’t expecting that kind of complexity, not after so long away. “The Sound of the Life of the Mind” sounds like a band completely in the moment again.
Does Ben Folds sit down while he pees?
f*ck no, man! I hang from the ceiling with a massive splash guard.
Getting the guys back together, you know, it's actually a pay cut for me. But I'm into it because this is inspiring.This surprised me. Given how quickly the reunion show sold out and how good the new record is (in my opinion), I thought BFF reuniting would be a cash cow (relatively speaking).
I'd played solo gigs before [BFF got together], so even though, I don't know, I had 100 fans, that was our fanbase. So we put my name in it, but I don't think we wanted to do it too earnestly.Never knew this.
"You would have never heard me in an interview in 1999 [the year before the breakup of the Five] say that I played with the best bass player in rock and roll, but I did. Why didn't I say that? It's true now, too," Folds says. On the live recordings, Folds says, "I would hear myself talking at the shows and just go, 'Who in the hell was this guy? This guy's just a jackass.' And then I would hear the band play together, and it would seem so evolved."
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"I've given up my ego enough to be able to submit myself to the band, and I think it's been really rewarding," Folds says.