The Nice Thing About Age Is Worrying

I Feel Like A Quote Out Of Context, Withholding The Rest So I Can Be For You What You Want To See.

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.

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.

And All I Really Want To Say Is You're The Reason I Want To Stay.

I Drink A Lot, Probably Too Much. My Scene While Writing Lyrics Is Always A Bottle Of Scotch And Stacks Of Note Cards, Pencil And Pencil Sharpener. I Throw Around Note Cards And Drink.