Ben Lee Quotations

If I feel really authentically in my body, then everything seems to click. But, sometimes I can only get into that, if the atmosphere is already conducive to that with the sound and all that stuff. There are moments where, as a performer, you're on stage and you feel like you're exactly where you're meant to be in the universe. It's a rare and beautiful thing when it happens.

I literally make music for my wife and my friends. I don't feel beholden to my fans. I don't even really know who they are. But, I know that this whole thing started with me making stuff that I got off on, and I've gotta believe that that's how it's going to end, too. That's the only way it can go. There are a lot of artists who have gotten pretty caught up in that. That's why I like the defeatist attitude. Just assume that no one is going to like it and that no one cares, and you'll end up making something that you really like.

One of the biggest and most pleasant surprises is that, even when you have that need to keep up an appearance of being right or knowing, there is life after admitting you don't know and that's beautiful.

There's a great expression that says, "God is a jealous lover," and it's a very accurate expression that has nothing to do with whatever you see god or nature as.

As a musician or a performer, you're meant to know what you're about, but it's ridiculous that someone 14 would have any idea of what they're about.

I watch a lot of TV and I got some new hair products.

The moments when I first made something, like when I first wrote a song please me so intensely. Everything else after that is just the act of communication.

Imitate the sun. Don't worry if people understand you. Just shine shine shine.

In the silence, hear what can't be heard.

Interviewers have to be work really hard to be good. They¹re more inclined to be bad. Generally, they can go either way, but interviewing on a whole isn¹t such a useful thing. I¹m not a big fan of (interviews), really.

Panic selling emerged right from the opening amid uncertainties over cross-strait relations after Chen's victory.

I was pretty nervous. I thought for sure they were going to score. Coach told the DB's to cover the corners and I rushed in and did what I could.

We definitely expect to succeed. All this week, it felt like we were satisfied (with last Friday's win), but about Thursday, we started to get that energy back. We want to win and we want to keep on winning.

Every chance I get I'm running to India - that's essentially my home. I don't live anywhere really, but every chance I get I want to go be with my teacher there and study more.

In some places, they're so thick you can't step without killing tons of them.

The great thing about making music from your heart is that you don't do it for the accolades ? but if they do indeed come, the feeling is extra sweet. It's a wonderful time for Australian music and I feel privileged to be able to add a thread to the tapestry of great pop music that our country has given the world.