Ben Howard Quotes:- Ben Howard (born 24 April 1987) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and composer. His self-released debut EP Games in the Dark (2008) was followed by two more EPs, These Waters (2009) and Old Pine (2010). Signed to Island Records, his debut studio album came in 2011 titled Every Kingdom. The album reached number four on the UK Albums Chart and was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Howard later released two more EPs, Ben Howard Live (2011) and The Burgh Island E.P. (2012).
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“I live in a small town so I get recognized a lot which is weird.”
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“A live show is a room full of sound and people and now you have technology where people can film it and take it away and all that is lost afterward but they have a souvenir.”
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“I met Xavier Rudd at a surf festival in England.”
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“A lot of the bars are really nice to me now because they’ve heard me on the radio.”
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“There’s force-feeding people synthesized music, then there’s a skill in technology being able to play an instrument, even if that is some electronic pad.”
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“We were selling out venues, not just in London but also major cities in France and Germany before labels had even noticed what we were doing.”
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“I need some time and space to make sure I’m on the right track with myself and playing music I want to play.”
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“I’ve been going to Ibiza all my life really since I was a kid.”
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“There was no grand scheme, no big push, and there are things I would have done differently now but you make decisions on the hop and it takes you where you are.”
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“I’ve always thought I crossed this really weird gap between the pop world and some slightly more left-field singer-songwriter music, but everyone’s always comparing me with Ed Sheeran. It’s frustrating.”
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“I’m not very good at dancing.”
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“I got thrust a guitar by my mum as a little kid and always played it. I sort of fell in and out of love with it, there were times when I hated it when I was ten and was forced to go to lessons.”
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“I think there are definitely positives when you go back to the familiar because it’s something you don’t have to think about when you know the place. But sometimes, on the other hand, it can be quite unchallenging.”
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“The U.K. is pretty good at being environmentally conscious.”
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“I went around driving myself to gigs everywhere, and eventually, people just kept coming back.”
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“I studied to be a journalist, but I don’t think I would have made a very good one. I don’t have the work ethic.”
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“John Martyn is my biggest hero. My mom got me into his music when I was a kid. I’ve looked up to him more than anyone as a songwriter. And Bert Jansch is one of the pillars of acoustic music, the holy grail.”
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“It’s great to be part of the whole Ibiza Rocks vibe. Ibiza’s always had a big gap when it comes to bands with guitars so it’s great to be included really.”
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“The kind of fans I have are those who allow the songs to be part of their lives; indeed, it’s as if the songs aren’t mine anymore.”
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“It’s a privilege to be from England and be able to come over to America and have people listening to music and really enjoying it.”
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“I’m not like a total recluse who lives in the woods or anything.”
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“The only thing you can worry about is pleasing yourself and that’s probably more impossible than pleasing other people.”
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“If you had told me many years ago that I’d have been headlining Longitude, or festivals like it, I would have thought it was unimaginable.”
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“We played in all sorts of weird and wonderful places. You do all kinds of venues from heavy metal places in Germany to big ornate churches, and everything in between.”
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“I’ve never been a fan of all the R&B and vocoder stuff you hear on the radio.”
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“I was never in music to make it to award shows.”
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“We spent so much time on ‘Every Kingdom,’ it was a real heart record.”
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“We played a lot of live shows, we just kept plugging away and playing music and people kept coming back.”
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“I’m not prolific, I go over stuff and it goes for me and sometimes against me. I’m annoyed that I don’t do enough stuff off the cuff. It’s a difficult thing to do something quickly and stand behind it.”
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“Women and their impact, good and bad. It makes men write songs. I write about relationships, basically.”
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“I think the most frustrating thing is when people… sometimes people are a bit lazy and they don’t listen to something, and they’ll just say you sound like something else and it’s quite clear that you don’t, I think that’s frustrating.”
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“I have problems with guitars, I hammer away at it sometimes and I also do little intimate picks, I’m always looking at new guitars and little extra tweaks and stuff, I like to mix it up a bit.”
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“I like slightly obscure places, where the waves may not be world-class, but you can tie some culture in with your surf trip.”
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“Loud sounds are everywhere.”
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“New York is one of my favorite places in the world, Brooklyn especially.”
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“I don’t think I’ve ever been particularly careerist about music.”
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“I kind of feel that as soon as you’ve played a song to one other person, then it’s something you share together.”
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“I’ve never been much of a city person, but I love going to places for a few days and being able to experience them.”
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“It’s the bane of my life and my existence, people telling me to be a little more succinct with what I write.”
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“The recording sessions for ‘Noonday Dream’ were so varied and over quite a period of time.”
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“I think it’s important to find your own voice in your own space.”
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“It’s hard on the road, you don’t get too much time to sit down and focus.”
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“I have a platinum-selling record but I can walk around fine.”
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“Just to get asked to Ibiza Rocks is a big thing.”
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“As a singer-songwriter, I definitely think I push the mold a lot.”
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“I’m not very good at speeches.”
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“That’s the biggest thing we’re excited about to be in America and having shows sell out is an incredible thing.”
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“Surfing and music have always been two separate sides of my life. I’m quite a fun-loving person most of the time, but I feel like I always get the serious side out when I’m playing music, and then I have fun the rest of the time when I get in the sea.”
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“I’ve surfed on Lake Michigan.”
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“In my late teens, I fell out of love with music – you know how kids are, when you’re encouraged to do something, you rebel. But then I picked it back up again.”
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“In the countryside, you’re always hearing sheep, birds, tractors, and farm equipment.”
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“Without a doubt, Ibiza is one of my favorite places on the planet.”
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“I think New York City is a lot more European than the rest of America; it’s much easier for an English person to wrap their head around it.”
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“We adapt very quickly to things, don’t we?”
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“It’s amazing how English music manages to travel to America and obviously, American music in the U.K. is massive.”
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“I can be among the general public and next to me is a big picture of my face, but no one notices apart from my friends.”
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“People may say I’m difficult but I’m not. I’m a bit shy but it’s funny how I can sing in front of an audience and get up on a stage.”
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