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 Choirs Copy Share Image
The myth of fame and the myth of success is cultivated because it is monetisable and it is profitable. — Hozier Copy Share Image
I think marriage is a scary concept. It's a scary concept for anybody. I'm not sure where I sit with that. — Hozier Copy Share Image
Growing up in Ireland, there are a lot of aspects of God that hang in the air. And my music reflects that. — Hozier Copy Share Image
By the time I was in my teens, I was listening to Delta blues and jazz. — Hozier Blues Copy Share Image
I am a politically motivated person, and that will come through in the music. — Hozier Copy Share Image
My musical education was grounded in blues and Chicago blues - John Lee Hooker and Otis Redding. — Hozier Blues Copy Share Image
I have a bit of a love affair with fairy tales and some of the ideas of Irish mythology, like Oscar Wilde… — Hozier Fairy Copy Share Image
I think it all started with Nina Simone. When I was maybe seven or eight, I used to listen to one of… — Hozier Every night Copy Share Image
The main thing is, I can't stay up late partying when I'm on tour. That's not good for my voice or my… — Hozier Copy Share Image
No masters or kings when the ritual begins [making love] There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin In the madness… — 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
The success of 'Take Me To Church,' I never imagined it. I never imagined that it would work on radio, that it… — Hozier America Copy Share Image
I think humans are driven by othering people, by defining themselves by who they are not and who is different from them.… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I would love to get in trouble with the Catholic Church. I'm not religious myself, but my issue is with the organization.… — Hozier Catholic Copy Share Image
Sexuality, and sexual orientation - regardless of orientation - is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human… — Hozier Acts of love Copy Share Image
I'm not cross about the idea of baptism; I just think the idea that when a child is born it is inherently… — Hozier Absurd Copy Share Image
You grow up and recognize that in any educated secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognize in yourself,… — Hozier Challenge yourself Copy Share Image
From Eden is spoken from the Devil's point of view. I always loved in blues music how the Devil can be a… — 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 African american 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 Home Copy Share Image
The best vocalists I can think of are female. There is no singer I can think of who can touch Ella Fitzgerald.… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Love isn't any one good thing; it's a very, very strange mishmash of emotions. Your love for somebody is, oftentimes, informed by… — Hozier Copy Share Image
I love the sound of voices singing together, congregational singing, anything like gospel, or folk, or sea shanties. — Hozier Christianity Copy Share Image
There are a lot of recurring themes that I resonated with when I read 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young… — Hozier Art Copy Share Image
It's a surreal experience filming promotion with Ryan Seacrest and meeting Top 40 pop artists. — Hozier Art Copy Share Image
I try to face things without regret, or make sure that I'm happy with things and leave nothing unsaid if I can. — Hozier Copy Share Image
I love a good party - but I'm not all that attracted to a celebrity lifestyle. — Hozier Celebrity Copy Share Image
I was definitely drawn to the mythology of one man, one voice, and one guitar. — Hozier Copy Share Image
I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American music. It's the foundation of rock and roll. — Hozier American music Copy Share Image
I'm reading a lot of poetry because it's a lot easier to dip in and dip out when you've got 10 minutes… — Hozier Copy Share Image
Some of the earlier stuff I did in studio with producers was very pop-directed, which I was uncomfortable with. — Hozier Copy Share Image
It was amazing for me to even perform at the Grammys, but to do so alongside Annie Lennox was a truly incredible… — Hozier Amazing Copy Share Image
I don't like false happy endings, and I don't think the real world is such a forgiving place. — Hozier Copy Share Image
I remember one of the first albums I got was an album called 'Thin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous.' — Hozier Album Copy Share Image