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
My parents always said that I would be a lawyer or pilot or doctor - and I always just thought that's what… — Benjamin Clementine Always Copy Share Image
If you've got great parents, once you grow up and have to live by yourself, you're going to create some fake self… — Benjamin Clementine Comfortable Copy Share Image
In fact, I might be confident for the human race because of what the human race has given me. When I was… — Benjamin Clementine Bars 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
The fact is, it wasn't enjoyable being in secondary school. I was a weird kid. — Benjamin Clementine Being Copy Share Image
I'm a very honest person, and I'm quite emotional for a man. If I want to say something, I'll say it. — Benjamin Clementine Honest Copy Share Image
I've always been shy, but every time that I sing or I perform, when music comes out of me, it is the… — Benjamin Clementine Giving Copy Share Image
William Blake is my favorite poet of all time, and he said that he wasn't quite familiar with the sounds of music.… — Benjamin Clementine All time 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've learned my lessons, but I'm also still learning them. — Benjamin Clementine Education Copy Share Image
Even if someone thinks there's a mistake I've made on the piano, to me it's not a mistake; it's how it's meant… — Benjamin Clementine Failure Copy Share Image
Composing was more difficult than writing things down. — Benjamin Clementine Composing 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 Confidence 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
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 like black a lot because I can't really see colors - so I wear a lot of dark-colored clothes. You've got… — Benjamin Clementine Aware Copy Share Image
Honestly, I still don't know a lot of artists, and I want to keep it that way for a while. I think… — Benjamin Clementine Art Copy Share Image
I just wanted to eat, to survive. I started singing a cappella in bars. I saved up money to get my first… — Benjamin Clementine Guitar 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 Memories 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 Being myself Copy Share Image
I got into a lot of trouble. Maybe that's why my parents didn't really like me and I didn't blend in with… — Benjamin Clementine Family 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