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. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote
I got into a lot of trouble. Maybe that’s why my parents didn’t really like me and I didn’t blend in with my family. I was always the naughty one. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Arizona – I’ve only spent a few days there, but it’s inspired me the most. It’s so peaceful. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I just wanted to eat, to survive. I started singing a cappella in bars. I saved up money to get my first guitar and started writing songs. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote
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. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote
I adopted this feeling that the stage is my home, so just keep my coat on and not wear anything else. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote
