Hozier

The more I come to L.A., the more it's amazing.

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Certainly in the case of having to answer questions about where a song comes from, it's a hell of a lot easier…

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I had a fascination with the roots of African American music. That would have been my first education in music. I had…

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I'm an awful control freak at times when it comes to production and stuff like that.

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I never wrote music for the mainstream.

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Someone had an eye on me as I was leaving high school. I had a chance to record demos, but they were…

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My musical education was grounded in blues and Chicago blues - John Lee Hooker and Otis Redding.

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Religion wasn't imposed on me.

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Sexuality, and sexual orientation - regardless of orientation - is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human…

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It's funny: Your relationship changes with a song over time. After a year or so, you're a different person, so your songs,…

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I look at all good things with a bit of a dark lens, I suppose, especially with something like love.

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When you play to an audience, you come away energized. It's the promo that really breaks an artist. Some lad sitting on…

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I am a politically motivated person, and that will come through in the music.

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I think marriage is a scary concept. It's a scary concept for anybody. I'm not sure where I sit with that.

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As I listened more and more to the music that moved me, I gained more fascination with America.

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Regardless of the sexual orientation behind a relationship, it is still a relationship and still love.

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There is no singer I can think of who can touch Ella Fitzgerald. And when Billie Holiday sings, she's merciless about it.…

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I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American music. It's the foundation of rock and roll.

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Either somebody has equal rights, or they don't. And certainly in the Irish constitution, marriage is genderless. There's no mention of a…

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I like playing with light and shade. I like saying awful things in very pretty ways.

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Rarely do I finish a song lyrically before I have a musical idea there, but then again, rarely ever would I finish…

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I spent quite a bit of time in choirs, growing up, and in the world-touring music group Anuna.

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Governments do not care about your Facebook-assembled opinion. Incompetent politicians don't read your tweets; there are reasons for them being out of…

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I'm not cross about the idea of baptism; I just think the idea that when a child is born it is inherently…

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The best vocalists I can think of are female.

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