A biography for Ben Howardhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't think I've ever been particularly careerist about music.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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 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.”
“It's hard on the road, you don't get too much time to sit down and focus.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I'm not very good at dancing.”
“New York is one of my favorite places in the world, Brooklyn especially.”
“I'm not like a total recluse who lives in the woods or anything.”
“That's the biggest thing we're excited about: to be in America and have shows sell out is an incredible thing.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I think it's important to find your own voice in your own space.”