Benjamin Clementine Quotes

English - Artist | December 7, 1988 -

In Paris, I was really singing for the sake of living. But eventually people said, 'Keep going; you've got a great voice,' and I started having confidence in my voice all of a sudden. That's when I started creating my own music.

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ConfidenceMusicGreatKeep Going

I just want us to understand each other. That's the point of my music.

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MusicWantUnderstandPointUsJust

I grew up as a man because I was by myself.

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MyselfManUpBecauseGrew

Paris is very dear to me, and I'll never forget Paris.

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MeNever ForgetParisForgetNever

I do music to tell people my thoughts and opinions about life, emotions, politics, everything.

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LifeMusicPoliticsPeopleThoughts

It's my only freedom, music, and I'm not going to give it up to anyone else.

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MusicFreedomUpGoingGiveOnly

I don't have a flat anywhere. I'm registered in the U.K. for tax purposes, I suppose, and my mail goes to my parents.

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ParentsTaxMailAnywhereFlatGoes

I started writing music in a French way: more focused on lyrics than melody.

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MusicWritingFocusedWayMoreThan

I'm a very honest person, and I'm quite emotional for a man. If I want to say something, I'll say it.

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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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PeopleMeThinkBetterUnhappyHelp

If I win the Mercury Prize, I'll be very honoured. If I don't win it, I won't have lost it. Someone else will have won it. And that will also be good.

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GoodWinSomeoneLostWillPrize

Music isn't a competition.

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