The thing is: I was quite slow when I was younger. I might have been smart - I don't know - but… — Benjamin Clementine People 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
I know, deep down, that what makes my music what it is are my words. It always starts from me wanting to… — Benjamin Clementine Deep 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
When I lived in Paris, I would shop at antique shops and buy these huge coats because I was very cold. And… — Benjamin Clementine Coats 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
We have the real self and the false self, there's nothing wrong with them, and everyone has both of them. — Benjamin Clementine Identity Copy Share Image
I don't have a flat anywhere. I'm registered in the U.K. for tax purposes, I suppose, and my mail goes to my… — Benjamin Clementine Anywhere 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 Beautiful Copy Share Image
At home and in church - which I didn't go to a lot, I was very rebellious, but my family was strict… — Benjamin Clementine Bible 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 was very young, my brother and I, we used to go into charity shops to buy suits. The thing about… — Benjamin Clementine Brother Copy Share Image
I'm actually doing what I like doing, which is mixing opera music and classical music with soul and folk. And I was… — Benjamin Clementine Classical music Copy Share Image
I know that New York is big - there are huge buildings - but, in fact, it's quite small and contained... I… — Benjamin Clementine Day Copy Share Image
If you live in central London, that's probably fine for you, but in places like Edmonton, where you're almost out of sight… — Benjamin Clementine Central Copy Share Image
The greatest in heroes in life are the anonymous. That's what I believe. Your neighbours are heroes. People who, when you walk… — Benjamin Clementine Believe 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
Now I'm standing in front of a thousand people. They're all looking at me, but they're sitting down. They're surrendered, so I… — Benjamin Clementine Giving 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
I felt like I was homeless anyway, so the change in environment wasn't that much of a big deal. I felt pretty… — Benjamin Clementine Big deal 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
I clearly remember my father cutting our jumpers and our sports clothes with scissors - because he didn't want us to wear… — Benjamin Clementine Father 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
I've learned in the little bit of my life so far that you can't fool people. And so I only tell people… — Benjamin Clementine Ambition Copy Share Image
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