Happiness is overrated and money can’t justify it.
BENJAMIN CLEMENTINEI’m not dismissing prostitutes, but a lot has changed. This so-called gentrification, it can never be stopped.
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Poetry itself is music. I’m just lucky that I can convert it into music.
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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 to be.
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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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Confidence came from people. I think I’m very confident in me, as a human being.
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I felt like I was homeless anyway, so the change in environment wasn’t that much of a big deal. I felt pretty much the same. After six months of living on the streets [in Camden], I started singing, busking.
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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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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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People take things too literal in the Bible and it’s totally wrong.
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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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I’m not dismissing prostitutes, but a lot has changed. This so-called gentrification, it can never be stopped.
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There’s a part in every person that has a fake self. We’ve had this since infancy due to our parents and our upbringing.
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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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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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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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