I do music to tell people my thoughts and opinions about life, emotions, politics, everything. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote
I wanted to find people who were like me, and I did, in the people I was reading. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote
Now I’m standing in front of a thousand people. They’re all looking at me, but they’re sitting down. They’re surrendered, so I have to keep on proving myself to them and giving them all my passion. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote
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 Read Quote
When I was a kid, I remember seeing Michael Jackson. I thought he was an alien. You don’t grow up to be like Michael Jackson. I’m not saying I’m Michael Jackson, but Mercury Prizes are for aliens, basically. So I was very chuffed that I got nominated, and then I won. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote
There are things that need to be said… and I think it’s my obligation to say them. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote
I clearly remember my father cutting our jumpers and our sports clothes with scissors – because he didn’t want us to wear jogging bottoms and hoodies. He thought that would somehow set the police on us. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote
The meaning of love is obviously huge – but for me, it means be nice to people, and people will be nice to you back. Love is a selfless place to be. There is no safer place to be than under the canopy of love. Benjamin Clementine Read Quote