I don’t think I ever wanted to be a journalist – I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist. Benjamin Booker Read Quote
Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people early on combine roots music with more aggressive music. Benjamin Booker Read Quote
Music helped me to get out of a rough period in my life when I really struggled to see any future for myself and was terrified about what was happening to the people around me. Benjamin Booker Read Quote
I’ve grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it’s a huge part of who I am. Benjamin Booker Read Quote
I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. That’s it. Benjamin Booker Read Quote
I’ve been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform. Benjamin Booker Read Quote
I went to school in Gainesville because it was a huge punk and folk town. So I went to class twice a week, and then I went to shows and wrote. I did a lot of music writing before I actually started playing music. Benjamin Booker Read Quote
There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism – it completely changed my world and how I interact with other people. Benjamin Booker Read Quote
Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else. Benjamin Booker Read Quote
In 2012, I started writing songs – not for the world to hear, but for certain people I needed to talk to. My family, we were not big communicators. I had a hard time talking to people in general. Benjamin Booker Read Quote
