109 Quotes by Ben Howard

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.

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.

Without a doubt, Ibiza is one of my favourite places on the planet.

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.

New York is one of my favorite places in the world, Brooklyn especially.

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.

I don't think I've ever been particularly careerist about music.

The only thing you can worry about is pleasing yourself and that's probably more impossible than pleasing other people.

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.