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Composing was more difficult than writing things down.

Benjamin Clementine

I was lucky to have read a lot of poetry when I was younger; it helped me to remember a way to write.
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Lucky Way Writing
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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Independent Men Writing
You can’t judge people by their cover.
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Cover Judging People
William Blake is my favorite poet of all time, and he said that he wasn’t quite familiar with the sounds of music. If so, he would have been a musician.
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Favorite Musician Poet Sound
I was very rebellious, but my family was strict Christians – they would ask us, “What’s the shortest verse in the Bible?” and I was the one who always said “John 11:35” straightaway. It stayed with me, the Bible has stayed with me.
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Christian Family Rebellious
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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Judging Matter Real Self Something
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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Artist Listen Writing
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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Mistake Piano Thinking
We’re all competent in different ways, we’ve just got to find a way to push ourselves up more.
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Competent Different Ourselves Way
When you look at the media and television, and all this Hollywood stuff, you just judge people.
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Judging Media People
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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Character Country Earth Stars
I have met a few people, who are so respected in the fashion industry and all around the world, and are still very humble. People who have it all but act like they only just started, it’s beautiful. This is what I want to be.
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Beautiful Fashion Humble
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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Cities Comfortabel Example Lonely Writing
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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Appreciate Believe Life Live
Happiness is overrated and money can’t justify it.
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Happiness Justify Money Overrated
I wasn’t quite used to writing a diary – I didn’t understand why people did it – but I wrote down notes and they went into a poem.
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Diaries People Writing

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