109 Quotes by Ben Howard

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.

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.

I was never in music to make it to award shows.

I get really angsty if I've got songs building up and I haven't gotten them recorded.

I have a platinum-selling record but I can walk around fine.

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.

The recording sessions for 'Noonday Dream' were so varied and over quite a period of time.

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.

I need some time and space to make sure I'm on the right track with myself and playing music I want to play.