It's nice to be the centre of attention among many women. Ben Howard, musician
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It could be interpreted as a statement of ego or a desire for validation.
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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I don't want to ruin my life with paparazzi and all of that. Ben Howard, musician
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I don't know if I'm particularly shy. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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I find it funny how at British festivals there are such inflated egos. It's rare that I even talk to anyone at a lot of them. Ben Howard, musician
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I'm terrified of routine. Ben Howard, musician
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I never understood how one could write a whole book: It is so technically challenging, and it's incredible the way writers put entire worlds inside of them on such a large scale. I tend to have that same feeling when I listen to music - it daunts me and makes me feel quite unsettled listening to so much talent and ambition. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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I am really opinionated when I want to be but I'm just not loud. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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There's force-feeding people synthesised music, then there's a skill in technically being able to play an instrument, even if that is some electronic pad. Ben Howard, musician
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I don't think I've ever been particularly careerist about music. Ben Howard, musician
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I've never been a fan of all the R&B and vocoder stuff you hear on the radio. Ben Howard, musician
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Just to get asked to a Ibiza Rocks is a big thing. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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I don't really like encouraging people to go on the Internet too much, we're constantly distracted with the Internet and computers. Ben Howard, musician
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You have to write songs for yourself and not worry about what other people are going to say or think about it. But ultimately it does go out to a lot of people and it will make its way into their lives, and that's really special. Ben Howard, musician
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I meet a lot of people who are awkward around me now. I was always embarrassed about that; the more attention I got, the less I wanted it and the more it would manifest in a physical way and I would be hunched over about it. I'm just starting to realise now that it's not my problem, it's somebody else's problem. Ben Howard, musician
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Songs became little time periods of my life, little tales from certain periods, and you build these kingdoms and memories... they're all little personal relationships and places that I've stored in my head. Ben Howard, musician
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I've been to some kind of weird places in America. I've been to Idaho. Ben Howard, musician
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As a musician you're always your own worst critic and you're always digging into your songs and evaluating your own self-worth of things. Ben Howard, musician
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We'd get residencies in the local pubs. It was just an excuse to have a free tab at the bar, and then at some point people started chucking me a few quid for it. There was no game plan to any of it. Ben Howard, musician
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We spent so much time on 'Every Kingdom,' it was a real heart record. Ben Howard, musician
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I've been going to Ibiza all my life really, since I was a kid. Ben Howard, musician
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So many people have told me that it's quite different playing out in the States, and obviously, as a musician, touring in the States is kind of the Holy Grail. Ben Howard, musician
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As a singer-songwriter I definitely think I push the mould a lot. Ben Howard, musician
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I'm one of those artists who doesn't really believe in fame. You can be a normal person these days, you don't need celebrity appeal. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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I think it's important to find your own voice in your own space. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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The U.K. is pretty good at being environmentally conscious. Ben Howard, musician
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Mumford & Sons have really opened up everyone's ears to music with instruments again, acoustic-based music... it's reassuring for people like me who have been brought up on acoustic guitar. Ben Howard, musician
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To have a sort of career in music still kind of freaks me out every now and then. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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It's hard on the road, you don't get too much time to sit down and focus. Ben Howard, musician
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I live in a small town so I get recognised a lot which is weird. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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When you're playing guitar, it's the tiny little nuances that make the difference. For me, obviously, tunings is a huge one. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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I live inside my own brain, most of the time. So where I am physically doesn't really bother me - if the physical place sparks something in my imagination, then it's a good place. Ben Howard, musician
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I'm not very good at speeches. Ben Howard, musician
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I'm not like a total recluse who lives in the woods or anything. Ben Howard, musician
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In England, it's usually cold. So surfing is more of an adventure where you're floating around in a big, dark, stormy sea rather than the California notion of girls in bikinis on beaches. It's really going into the fray. I like it because it gives you the extra time and space you need to think. Ben Howard, musician
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I went around driving myself to gigs everywhere, and eventually, people just kept coming back. Ben Howard, musician
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I listen to other people's stuff and, more and more, you realise how much is layered and how many different guitar parts there are. Ben Howard, musician
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New York is one of my favorite places in the world, Brooklyn especially. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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Women and their impact, good and bad. It makes men write songs. I write about relationships, basically. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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A lot of the bars are really nice to me now because they've heard me on the radio. Ben Howard, musician
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I get really angsty if I've got songs building up and I haven't gotten them recorded. Ben Howard, musician
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In the countryside, you're always hearing sheep, birds, tractors and farm equipment. Ben Howard, musician
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The only thing you can worry about is pleasing yourself and that's probably more impossible than pleasing other people. Ben Howard, musician
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I'm not very good at dancing. Ben Howard, musician
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I was never in music to make it to award shows. Ben Howard, musician
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I've surfed on Lake Michigan. Ben Howard, musician
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People have to learn... what do you really want from a live show? Do you want people to stand there and entertain you or to challenge themselves and you? It's live music, it's alive. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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The music you play, it's never intended for other people, so it's quite amazing dealing with stuff now, because obviously any tracks I write, a lot of folks are going to hear. It definitely plays on my mind quite a lot. Ben Howard, musician
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With music you spend so much time standing on stage in front of an audience you get a false sense of your own importance. It's worth keeping that in check. Ben Howard, musician
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When you first sit down to write songs, you have to be selfish. Ben Howard, musician
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You realise that people do things differently to each other and, more and more, I realise that there's no right or wrong. You can be a pop star and singing cabaret, and the entertainment of it is your flamboyance, it is your attitude. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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We adapt very quickly to things, don't we? Ben Howard, musician
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There was no grand scheme, no big push, there are things I would have done differently now but you make decisions on the hop and it takes you where you are. Ben Howard, musician
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That's the biggest thing we're excited about: to be in America and have shows sell out is an incredible thing. Ben Howard, musician
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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. Ben Howard, musician
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The world is a very noisy place and so I don't need to shout about things. There are so many people shouting and a lot of people get lost in it. Ben Howard, musician
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I enjoy the sea more than I enjoy surfing. Ben Howard, musician
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I have a platinum-selling record but I can walk around fine. Ben Howard, musician
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The recording sessions for 'Noonday Dream' were so varied and over quite a period of time. Ben Howard, musician
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We are taught these days that being famous is more important than actually doing something. Ben Howard, musician
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We played a lot of live shows, we just kept plugging away and playing music and people kept coming back. Ben Howard, musician
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I met Xavier Rudd at a surf festival in England. Ben Howard, musician
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I guess I'm the sort who, if I find something comfortable, tends to push against it. Ben Howard, musician
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