New Orleans style is funky - it's just as experimental as the city. There aren't any rules. If you want to wear a polka-dot shirt and some crazy pants, you can get away with it there. — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I interact with other people. — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am. — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
In 2012, I started writing songs - not for the world to hear, but for certain people I needed to talk to. My family,… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
I've been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform. — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
As soon as I started writing the first batch, I had a vision. I saw me on stage playing a certain type of music.… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
Music helped me to get out of a rough period in my life when I really struggled to see any future for myself and… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people early on… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
I dont think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist. — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
New Orleans style is funky - it's just as experimental as the city. There aren't any rules. If you want to wear a polka-dot… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
You have to have some kind of clarity or understanding of what's happening to write. — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
The time after college and before music was really rough. I couldn't afford food. I was eating bread and butter for five months. Living… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
Life is short, so I am one of those people - and luckily my girlfriend is too - who wants to live everywhere. I… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
I think everybody that grows up in Florida, you've got a little chip on your shoulder. It's not as bad as people think it… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
