You can’t judge people by their cover.
BENJAMIN CLEMENTINEThe experience that I had in Paris I could never have ever again in my life. This is when I grew up as a young man.
More Benjamin Clementine Quotes
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We have the real self and the false self, there’s nothing wrong with them, and everyone has both of them.
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Composing was more difficult than writing things down.
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I know that New York is big, there are huge buildings, but in fact, it’s quite small and contained.
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I think it is all about creating characters, mixing them up with the stars and the light-years, and coming back to Earth, because we’re from this universe. We’re not just New York or London; we’re stars.
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Obviously you live life for yourself and have your choice to believe what you want to believe in, but I know that the Bible can be used to appreciate life.
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We’re all competent in different ways, we’ve just got to find a way to push ourselves up more.
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If I’m being forced to do something I don’t want to do, my real self comes out. But whether or not I’m aware of it, no matter what happens, I’m always going to have a fake self and I’m not going to judge my fake self.
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I like it when cities are melancholic. When it started snowing for example, I felt very lonely. I felt very comfortable and very relaxed. When that happens, I write. So I’ve been writing, not a lot, but I’m inspired everyday.
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I’m from a middle class family but my father squandered all the money, so I didn’t really run around with rich people. I was very judgmental towards a lot of them.
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Some people will never be able to get their real self, but that’s fine, because their fake self is also part of them.
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When you have a lot of fake selves, most of the time it’s because you haven’t had parents around so you try to build characters to protect yourself.
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I’ve always been shy, but every time that I sing or I perform, when music comes out of me, it is the only thing I can relate to, it’s the only thing I can give.
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People take things too literal in the Bible and it’s totally wrong.
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The experience that I had in Paris I could never have ever again in my life. This is when I grew up as a young man.
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When I started writing again, especially when I listened to French music and Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, I realized that these lots talked about themselves. The greatest artists, they didn’t sing; they only spoke.
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