Benjamin Clementine Quotes
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Arizona - I've only spent a few days there, but it's inspired me the most. It's so peaceful.
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Not all families stay together.
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Fame is like icin' on the cake.
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I never thought I'd say this, but to any child listening, the world is your oyster.
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I started writing music in a French way: more focused on lyrics than melody.
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I was on the train; I did play, but I also played in bars, in the streets, at birthday parties for people who discovered me on the train.
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When I think about Edmonton, Silver Street and Pymmes Park, the old people whose faces are so unhappy, it pushes me to be better. I want to be better to help places like this.
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My parents always said that I would be a lawyer or pilot or doctor - and I always just thought that's what I would do.
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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.
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I'm literally nowhere yet... When things started going well, this French designer called Ami gave me some shoes and clothes to wear. But when I sat down to play the piano, the very new shoes kept slipping off the pedal. So I took them off, threw them away, and have never worn shoes while playing the piano from then on.
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I've learned my lessons, but I'm also still learning them.
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I'm from London, and you hardly see stars because of the pollution of light. But in Arizona, there's nothing, so I can see the stars.
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I would describe myself as outspoken. Not political. Outspoken about what I want to say. There are things that need to be said... and I think it's my obligation to say them.