139 Quotes by Hozier

My dad was a blues musician around Dublin when I was a baby, so the only music I would listen to growing up was John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. It's music that feels like home to me.

I think all that we would know of America back home is foreign policy, and maybe the snippets of the madness of political culture.

Blues is a very physical music.

There are a few Irish writers who have a very strong influence on me, especially on the 'Take Me to Church' EP.

I don't like false happy endings, and I don't think the real world is such a forgiving place.

Certainly in the case of having to answer questions about where a song comes from, it's a hell of a lot easier when you say, 'I've removed myself from it.' But they start from quite a personal place. They always do.

I feel my duty is to make music.

You grow up and recognise that in an educated, secular society, there's no excuse for ignorance. You have to recognise in yourself, and challenge yourself, that if you see racism or homophobia or misogyny in a secular society, as a member of that society, you should challenge it. You owe it to the betterment of society.

Anyone close to me will be familiar with my frustrations with certain aspects of social media: the behaviour it encourages and attitudes towards the self it can breed.