Quotes - Rob
"I have a romantic notion about what retro is. I never wanted to be Lenny Kravitz or the Beatles .
I like the classic, early Broadway or Gershwin-ish songwriting. I can't do it, but Ben is really
good at writing that stuff; it appeals to a lot of people without smoke and mirrors. We're more
retro than retro, actually."
-Rob (on sounding retro)
"I saw a guy peeing one time in Iowa City. First, he reached out to shake my
hand--he was so into the monster handshake, like the kind you get in a sports bar--and I almost
missed my intro on bass. I could tell he was really wasted. Next thing I know, he was looking
down, peeing, then he got ejected from the club. That was weird. That was the same night that
Ben was climbing from this thing that was suspended by chains, and all these record company
people and management people were there and everyone thought for sure he would die. So I saw
a guy pee and I saw Ben risk his life. All in one night."
-Rob
"Women like that song the most. Guys get a little nervous."
-Rob (on
Song For The Dumped)
"Its not THE Ben Folds Five, mother f*cker!!!!!"
-Rob
"Making records is a real personal thing. We didn't want to go to a studio
and deal with a producer and engineer and explain why we were going to do something stupid in
a minute, and deal with people who wanted to go home when we wanted to keep working. We
worked with the same producer, and we did it in Ben's house--it's just a small brick house, not
really fancy, no arched ceilings, no air flow in the house at all--it made things more personal,
simple. We could stay up till seven o'clock in the morning."
-Rob
BFF Quotes