I know that New York is big, there are huge buildings, but in fact, it's quite small and contained. — Benjamin Clementine 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
Life is life. You have to learn how to forgive people and how to gain forgiveness for yourself. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
Where you're from shapes you, but you can actually do whatever you want. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I do music to tell people my thoughts and opinions about life, emotions, politics, everything. — Benjamin Clementine Emotions 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
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 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 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 felt like I was homeless anyway, so the change in environment wasn't that much of a big deal. I felt pretty… — Benjamin Clementine 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
My parents always said that I would be a lawyer or pilot or doctor - and I always just thought that's what… — Benjamin Clementine 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 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 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
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
The experience that I had in Paris I could never have ever again in my life. This is when I grew up… — Benjamin Clementine Choices Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I remember seeing Michael Jackson. I thought he was an alien. You don't grow up to be… — Benjamin Clementine Alien Copy Share Image
I was very rebellious, but my family was strict Christians - they would ask us, "What's the shortest verse in the Bible?"… — Benjamin Clementine 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 adopted this feeling that the stage is my home, so just keep my coat on and not wear anything else. — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
When you look at the media and television, and all this Hollywood stuff, you just judge people. — Benjamin Clementine Hollywood Copy Share Image
I started writing music in a French way: more focused on lyrics than melody. — Benjamin Clementine Lyrics 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 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 know, deep down, that what makes my music what it is are my words. It always starts from me wanting to… — Benjamin Clementine 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
Why are there not cabs in Edmonton? Why are there cabs in central London but not here? And if they're going to… — Benjamin Clementine 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
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
Some people will never be able to get their real self, but that's fine, because their fake self is also part of… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
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