Benjamin Booker

I've been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.

— Benjamin Booker

I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.

— Benjamin Booker

I dont think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.

— Benjamin Booker

There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I…

— Benjamin Booker

Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else.

— Benjamin Booker

I guess I would call my music 'blues punk.' There's a lot of influences.

— Benjamin Booker

I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am.

— Benjamin Booker

You have to have some kind of clarity or understanding of what's happening to write.

— Benjamin Booker

New Orleans style is funky - it's just as experimental as the city. There aren't any rules. If you want to wear…

— Benjamin Booker

The time after college and before music was really rough. I couldn't afford food. I was eating bread and butter for five…

— Benjamin Booker

My grandfather learned to swim in the Navy by getting thrown off a boat into the ocean. He had to learn fast.…

— Benjamin Booker

As soon as I started writing the first batch, I had a vision. I saw me on stage playing a certain type…

— Benjamin Booker

I hope that I can make music that helps people in some way or that they can connect with, and that I…

— Benjamin Booker

Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people…

— Benjamin Booker

In 2012, I started writing songs - not for the world to hear, but for certain people I needed to talk to.…

— Benjamin Booker

Music helped me to get out of a rough period in my life when I really struggled to see any future for…

— Benjamin Booker

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played…

— Benjamin Booker

Life is short, so I am one of those people - and luckily my girlfriend is too - who wants to live…

— Benjamin Booker

I think everybody that grows up in Florida, you've got a little chip on your shoulder. It's not as bad as people…

— Benjamin Booker

I guess I would call my music blues punk. Theres a lot of influences.

— Benjamin Booker

Ive been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.

— Benjamin Booker

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played…

— Benjamin Booker

You will never have the answers, but you have to keep pushing yourself and keep reading and keep working on yourself.

— Benjamin Booker

My sister is an opera singer. I grew up going to her recitals. This whole time, I'm like, 'She's the singer. I'm…

— Benjamin Booker

Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip…

— Benjamin Booker

It's not enough to have good intentions. If you want to be a good person, you have to make good decisions all…

— Benjamin Booker

I went to school in Gainesville because it was a huge punk and folk town. So I went to class twice a…

— Benjamin Booker

I realized that the reason why my head was so cluttered and why I was so unstable and not taking care of…

— Benjamin Booker

I hardly ever go back to Florida. It's really hard to go back. I mean, I hated it so much. I didn't…

— Benjamin Booker