Benjamin Clementine Quotes

Benjamin Clementine

Profession : Artist

Birth : December 7, 1988

My music isn't mainstream music.

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Not all families stay together.

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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 my family. I was always the naughty one.

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In this life, I've learned to be patient. And I'm still learning... Even now, I wish things would go quicker.

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If I weren't musical, then I would have just published a book, you know? But I'm lucky enough to play piano, and so I use piano to convert my poems.

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Arizona - I've only spent a few days there, but it's inspired me the most. It's so peaceful.

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I'm from London, and you hardly see stars because of the pollution of light. But in Arizona, there's nothing, so I can see the stars.

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I just wanted to eat, to survive. I started singing a cappella in bars. I saved up money to get my first guitar and started writing songs.

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Fame is like icin' on the cake.

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I'm literally nowhere yet... When things started going well, this French designer called Ami gave me some shoes and clothes to wear. But when I sat down to play the piano, the very new shoes kept slipping off the pedal. So I took them off, threw them away, and have never worn shoes while playing the piano from then on.

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I adopted this feeling that the stage is my home, so just keep my coat on and not wear anything else.

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In Paris, I was really singing for the sake of living. But eventually people said, 'Keep going; you've got a great voice,' and I started having confidence in my voice all of a sudden. That's when I started creating my own music.

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I just want us to understand each other. That's the point of my music.

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I grew up as a man because I was by myself.

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Paris is very dear to me, and I'll never forget Paris.

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I do music to tell people my thoughts and opinions about life, emotions, politics, everything.

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It's my only freedom, music, and I'm not going to give it up to anyone else.

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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 parents.

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I started writing music in a French way: more focused on lyrics than melody.

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I always try to be as discreet as possible, so I wear black.

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