I wanted to find people who were like me, and I did, in the people I was reading. — Benjamin Clementine Find Copy Share Image
I was lucky to have read a lot of poetry when I was younger; it helped me to remember a way to… — Benjamin Clementine Lucky Copy Share Image
Composing was more difficult than writing things down. — Benjamin Clementine Composing Copy Share Image
I realised that we're all equal - it's all about helping each other. — Benjamin Clementine About 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 Age Copy Share Image
It's my only freedom, music, and I'm not going to give it up to anyone else. — Benjamin Clementine Freedom Copy Share Image
I know that New York is big, there are huge buildings, but in fact, it's quite small and contained. — Benjamin Clementine Bigs Copy Share Image
If I win the Mercury Prize, I'll be very honoured. If I don't win it, I won't have lost it. Someone else… — Benjamin Clementine Good 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… — Benjamin Clementine Career Copy Share Image
I was on the train; I did play, but I also played in bars, in the streets, at birthday parties for people… — Benjamin Clementine Birthday Copy Share Image
I'm from London, and you hardly see stars because of the pollution of light. But in Arizona, there's nothing, so I can… — Benjamin Clementine Light Copy Share Image
Obviously you live life for yourself and have your choice to believe what you want to believe in, but I know that… — Benjamin Clementine Appreciate Copy Share Image
I'm not dismissing prostitutes, but a lot has changed. This so-called gentrification, it can never be stopped. — Benjamin Clementine Changed 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… — Benjamin Clementine Dues Copy Share Image
That's how I always try to start my thoughts. I write them down first, eventually it turns into a poem, and if… — Benjamin Clementine Composing Copy Share Image
Some people are saying that my music is not for Burberry, it's not for fashion. I know where they're trying to go… — Benjamin Clementine Burberry 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… — Benjamin Clementine Character Copy Share Image
I have met a few people, who are so respected in the fashion industry and all around the world, and are still… — Benjamin Clementine Around the world Copy Share Image
I'm literally nowhere yet... When things started going well, this French designer called Ami gave me some shoes and clothes to wear.… — Benjamin Clementine Clothes Copy Share Image
I started understanding William Blake and George Orwell more and more. It's amazing how we go to school when we're so young,… — Benjamin Clementine Blake Copy Share Image
Music is the reason I started talking to people. When I started singing in bars and trains, I began to learn the… — Benjamin Clementine Learn Copy Share Image
On-stage, I definitely want to use my real self because I'm singing to people who believe in what I'm singing, and I… — Benjamin Clementine Believe Copy Share Image
Poetry itself is music. I'm just lucky that I can convert it into music. William Blake is my favorite poet of all… — Benjamin Clementine Music Copy Share Image
There are things that need to be said... and I think it's my obligation to say them. — Benjamin Clementine I think Copy Share Image
People take things too literal in the Bible and it's totally wrong. — Benjamin Clementine Bible Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd say this, but to any child listening, the world is your oyster. — Benjamin Clementine Child Copy Share Image
I just want us to understand each other. That's the point of my music. — Benjamin Clementine Learning Copy Share Image
I dedicate all my time to music. And I'm glad that it's paying off in some ways. — Benjamin Clementine Glad Copy Share Image
I would describe myself as outspoken. Not political. Outspoken about what I want to say. There are things that need to be… — Benjamin Clementine Describe myself 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,… — Benjamin Clementine Astronomy Copy Share Image
If you have parents who can't show you love, a kid can grow up to look arrogant. Because they need to create… — Benjamin Clementine Arrogant Copy Share Image
In this life, I've learned to be patient. And I'm still learning... Even now, I wish things would go quicker. — Benjamin Clementine Go Copy Share Image
I'm from a middle class family but my father squandered all the money, so I didn't really run around with rich people.… — Benjamin Clementine Class 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 Book Copy Share Image
Where I'm staying, near Lafayette Street, Bowery, and Houston, you get different people with different spirits, and that's what I like. — Benjamin Clementine Different people Copy Share Image
I personally don't know what nerves are. I don't get scared when I'm going to play music. But I think something, maybe… — Benjamin Clementine Fear Copy Share Image
When I think about Edmonton, Silver Street and Pymmes Park, the old people whose faces are so unhappy, it pushes me to… — Benjamin Clementine Better Copy Share Image
I wasn't quite used to writing a diary - I didn't understand why people did it - but I wrote down notes… — Benjamin Clementine Diaries Copy Share Image
I loved English literature - if didn't it would have been hard - but I had to learn it myself. I remembered… — Benjamin Clementine Books Copy Share Image
