Poetry itself is music. I’m just lucky that I can convert it into music.
BENJAMIN CLEMENTINEYou can’t judge people by their cover.
More Benjamin Clementine Quotes
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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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[My music] is opposite to fashion.
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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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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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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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When you look at the media and television, and all this Hollywood stuff, you just judge people.
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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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People take things too literal in the Bible and it’s totally wrong.
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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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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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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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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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In fact, I might be confident for the human race because of what the human race has given me. When I was in the street and bars, people always came up to me and said, “Don’t stop, keep going.”
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Happiness is overrated and money can’t justify it.
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