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.
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 … - Benjamin Clementine
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 …
- Benjamin Clementine
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. - Benjamin Clementine
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.
Composing was more difficult than writing things down. - Benjamin Clementine
Composing was more difficult than writing things down.
When you look at the media and television, and all this Hollywood stuff, you just judge people. - Benjamin Clementine
When you look at the media and television, and all this Hollywood stuff, you just judge people.
I know that New York is big, there are huge buildings, but in fact, it's quite small and contained. - Benjamin Clementine
I know that New York is big, there are huge buildings, but in fact, it's quite small and contained.
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. - Benjamin Clementine
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.
We have the real self and the false self, there's nothing wrong with them, and everyone has both of them. - Benjamin Clementine
We have the real self and the false self, there's nothing wrong with them, and everyone has both of them.
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. - Benjamin Clementine
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.
[My music] is opposite to fashion. - Benjamin Clementine
[My music] is opposite to fashion.
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