I love Muddy Waters and Nina Simone. I also watched 'The Blues Brothers' movie over and over. — Hozier Copy Share Image
The song is about asserting yourself and reclaiming your humanity through an act of love. — Hozier Copy Share Image
I will play around with an idea for a very long time until it's found it's feet and it's good enough to… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I spent quite a bit of time in choirs, growing up, and in the world-touring music group Anuna. — Hozier Copy Share Image
The song, to me, is about what it is to be a human, what it is to love someone as a human… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Certainly in the case of having to answer questions about where a song comes from, it's a hell of a lot easier… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I know I'm not the kind of music that's going to have tons of screaming fans, and I'm not gonna be everyone's… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I was essentially raised on blues music. My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby, so the… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Biggest musical influences would be people like Nina Simone and Tom Waits. A huge amount of writers like Leslie Feist and Paul… — Hozier Copy Share Image
When I write songs, I try to remove myself a little bit. Obviously, they're very personal to me, but it feels easier… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I think it's very hard to write things about being joyful. I find that quite difficult. I think when you're happy, you… — Hozier Copy Share Image
My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby, so the only music I would listen to growing… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I had just discovered jazz, and I started singing in a kind of blues cover band at the age of 15. We… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Sexuality, and sexual orientation - regardless of orientation - is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I had a fascination with the roots of African American music. That would have been my first education in music. I had… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I remember writing lyrics for 'Take Me to Church' for a long time before I even had a song in mind for.… — Hozier Copy Share Image
All songs, all pieces of art, reflect the world that they were made in and the values of those artists and the… — Hozier Copy Share Image
It's kind of strange to hear your songs sung back to you! You get a big insight into what people connect to,… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I love making music, but if you make something that inspires somebody else to make something, without getting too airy-fairy, you've contributed… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Rarely do I finish a song lyrically before I have a musical idea there, but then again, rarely ever would I finish… — Hozier Copy Share Image
It's funny: Your relationship changes with a song over time. After a year or so, you're a different person, so your songs,… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if every song will be 'Take Me to Church,' but I can only hope that people enjoy the body… — Hozier Copy Share Image
The first time I heard Tom Waits, it was like everything just flipped. It was just this fascination with him. My cousin… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I figured the songs wouldn't make much of a splash. I didn't think 'Take Me To Church' would play on the radio… — Hozier Copy Share Image
It sounds like I'm joking when I say it, but when I wrote 'Take Me To Church' and a lot of these… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I am a politically motivated person, and that will come through in the music. I'm not sure if every song will be… — Hozier Copy Share Image
If I don't think something's worth saying, I don't think it's quite there, I'd rather just not say it, to be honest. In that… — Hozier Copy Share
You grow up and recognize that in any educated secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognize in yourself, and challenge… — Hozier Copy Share
I didn't know what to expect of real America. What shocked me was the diversity of it and how different every city is. But… — Hozier Copy Share
I remember writing lyrics for 'Take Me to Church' for a long time before I even had a song in mind for. It's not… — Hozier Copy Share
I am absolutely behind equal rights but I am also bridging the gap between cultural mentality and society's mindset as there are huge amount… — Hozier Copy Share
I think all that we would know of America back home is foreign policy, and maybe the snippets of the madness of political culture. — Hozier Copy Share
I think it's very hard to write things about being joyful. I find that quite difficult. I think when you're happy, you don't want… — Hozier Copy Share
The first time I heard Tom Waits, it was like everything just flipped. It was just this fascination with him. My cousin showed me… — Hozier Copy Share
It's kind of strange to hear your songs sung back to you! You get a big insight into what people connect to, what's moving… — Hozier Copy Share
