I started understanding William Blake and George Orwell more and more. It's amazing how we go to school when we're so young, read all of these books, just trying to memorize them. When you start to live, you don't have to memorize anything.
Benjamin ClementineThere's a part in every person that has a fake self. We've had this since infancy due to our parents and our upbringing.
Benjamin ClementineWhen you look at the media and television, and all this Hollywood stuff, you just judge people.
Benjamin ClementineI'm not dismissing prostitutes, but a lot has changed. This so-called gentrification, it can never be stopped.
Benjamin ClementineOn-stage, I definitely want to use my real self because I'm singing to people who believe in what I'm singing, and I believe in what I'm singing, but they shouldn't be fooled because we all have fake selves and it's in there somewhere. It's not pretending to hurt somebody; it's just something that comes out of me, from my experience.
Benjamin Clementine