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Not all families stay together.

I'm from a middle class family, but my father squandered all the money, so I didn't really run around with rich people.

Benjamin Clementine

People don't always realize that as a performer, you've got to relive those moments. Memories crash through your brains, and you've got to think about your past and the reason why you wrote the song. All that emotion comes back.

Benjamin Clementine

There are things that need to be said... and I think it's my obligation to say them.

Benjamin Clementine

I don't think I'm a singer, I think I'm an expressionist. But it takes time to put it in people's minds that this guy is not singing, 'Baby, I want to have you.' This guy is actually thinking about what he's saying. This guy has something to say.

Benjamin Clementine

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.

Benjamin Clementine

I personally don't know what nerves are. I don't get scared when I'm going to play music. But I think something, maybe my fears, are buried into my songs. Because I'm singing them.

Benjamin Clementine

I found it quite pleasing to be alone from a very young age. The piano became my source of release.

Benjamin Clementine

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.

Benjamin Clementine

Honestly, I still don't know a lot of artists, and I want to keep it that way for a while. I think that's why I might be quite original.

Benjamin Clementine

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.

Benjamin Clementine

If you have parents who can't show you love, a kid can grow up to look arrogant. Because they need to create a fake self. Or they think they're more powerful than they really are.

Benjamin Clementine

Where you're from shapes you, but you can actually do whatever you want.

Benjamin Clementine

When I was very young, my brother and I, we used to go into charity shops to buy suits. The thing about clothes is that people judge you by what you wear, unfortunately. So when we wore suits, people gave us respect - we were very young, and it made them think we were older.

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If I weren't musical, then I would have just published a book, you know? But I'm lucky enough to play piano, and so I use piano to convert my poems.

Benjamin Clementine

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

Benjamin Clementine

We always blame other people when things go wrong. For example, family to friends, you think they'll stay by your side, and you realise they never do. But that's life.

Benjamin Clementine

Life is life. You have to learn how to forgive people and how to gain forgiveness for yourself.

Benjamin Clementine

Not all families stay together.

Benjamin Clementine

My music isn't mainstream music.

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Fame is like icin' on the cake.

Benjamin Clementine

I dedicate all my time to music. And I'm glad that it's paying off in some ways.

Benjamin Clementine

Poetry itself is music. I'm just lucky that I can convert it into music. 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. All of his poems are all like songs, and that's how I always try to start my thoughts.

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I believe when the music is being sung or being played, at the end of it, there's some sort of grace and understanding. And that's all I want for humanity. I just want us to understand each other. That's the point of my music.

Benjamin Clementine

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.

Benjamin Clementine

I like black a lot because I can't really see colors - so I wear a lot of dark-colored clothes. You've got to be aware of what you're wearing because you might become that.

Benjamin Clementine

Personally, I wouldn't mind going on stage naked, totally naked.

Benjamin Clementine

Why are there not cabs in Edmonton? Why are there cabs in central London but not here? And if they're going to be here, they should be cheaper. And travelcards, they're expensive.

Benjamin Clementine

I adopted this feeling that the stage is my home, so just keep my coat on and not wear anything else.

Benjamin Clementine

Arizona - I've only spent a few days there, but it's inspired me the most. It's so peaceful.

Benjamin Clementine

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.

Benjamin Clementine

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.

Benjamin Clementine

I've learned in the little bit of my life so far that you can't fool people. And so I only tell people what I think about: my ambitions, my dreams, what inspires me.

Benjamin Clementine

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

Benjamin Clementine

Music is the reason I started talking to people. When I started singing in bars and trains, I began to learn the behaviour of people. Music was the bait that helped me get something from them and give myself to them.

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

Benjamin Clementine

I accept the fact that angels are great heavenly beings, and I think some people give me the feeling that I'm with an angel.

Benjamin Clementine