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From the genre-defying icon Ben Folds comes a memoir that is as nuanced, witty, and relatable as his cult-classic songs. �A Dream About Lightning Bugs reads like its author: intelligent, curious, unapologetically punk, and funny as hell.��Sara Bareilles Ben Folds is a celebrated American singer-songwriter, beloved for songs such as �Brick,� �You Don�t Know Me,� �Rockin� the Suburbs,� and �The Luckiest,� and is the former frontman of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. But Folds will be the first to tell you he�s an unconventional icon, more normcore than hardcore. Now, in his first book, Folds looks back at his life so far in a charming and wise chronicle of his artistic coming of age, infused with the wry observations of a natural storyteller. In the title chapter, �A Dream About Lightning Bugs,� Folds recalls his earliest childhood dream�and realizes how much it influenced his understanding of what it means to be an artist. In �Measure Twice, Cut Once� he learns to resist the urge to skip steps during the creative process. In �Hall Pass� he recounts his 1970s North Carolina working-class childhood, and in �Cheap Lessons� he returns to the painful life lessons he learned the hard way�but that luckily didn�t kill him. In his inimitable voice, both relatable and thought-provoking, Folds digs deep into the life experiences that shaped him, imparting hard-earned wisdom about both art and life. Collectively, these stories embody the message Folds has been singing about for years: Smile like you�ve got nothing to prove, because it hurts to grow up, and life flies by in seconds. Advance praise for A Dream About Lightning Bugs �Besides being super talented, and an incredibly poignant and multifaceted musician, Ben Folds is a fantastic author. I couldn�t put this book down�and not just because I taped it to my hand. Ben takes us into his mind and into his process from the very beginnings of his childhood to where he is today�one of the greatest musicians and writers that has ever graced the art.��Bob Saget �A masterfully written memoir, and so much more. Folds imbues this literary work with keen insight and humor to create an elegant and moving tribute to art and life itself.��Daniel Levitin, author of #1 New York Times bestseller This Is Your Brain on Music and The Organized Mind