I started writing music in a French way: more focused on lyrics than melody. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I do music to tell people my thoughts and opinions about life, emotions, politics, everything. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I found it quite pleasing to be alone from a very young age. The piano became my source of release. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I just want us to understand each other. That's the point of my music. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I dedicate all my time to music. And I'm glad that it's paying off in some ways. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
If I weren't musical, then I would have just published a book, you know? But I'm lucky enough to play piano, and… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I know, deep down, that what makes my music what it is are my words. It always starts from me wanting to… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
When I started singing about my life and what I was going through, I felt more confident. It was my own life,… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
In Paris, I was really singing for the sake of living. But eventually people said, 'Keep going; you've got a great voice,'… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
Studying music involves a lot of mathematics and a lot of exercises of memory. Or you've got to be able to be… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
People don't always realize that as a performer, you've got to relive those moments. Memories crash through your brains, and you've got… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
Life is life. You have to learn how to forgive people and how to gain forgiveness for yourself. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I think it is all about creating characters, mixing them up with the stars and the light-years, and coming back to Earth, because we're… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I was very rebellious, but my family was strict Christians - they would ask us, "What's the shortest verse in the Bible?" and I… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
Where you're from shapes you, but you can actually do whatever you want. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I know that New York is big - there are huge buildings - but, in fact, it's quite small and contained... I like it… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
There's a part in every person that has a fake self. We've had this since infancy due to our parents and our upbringing. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
The real self is who you are when you're at home, when you're comfortable, and the false self is what you're pretending - and… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
With this sort of career, you need determination. You've got to sacrifice a lot of things: family, friends - not that I had any… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I do music to tell people my thoughts and opinions about life, emotions, politics, everything. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I dedicate all my time to music. And I'm glad that it's paying off in some ways. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I wanted to find people who were like me, and I did, in the people I was reading. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
