Author: Benjamin Booker

Quotes

I've been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.

I've been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.

- Benjamin Booker

I guess I would call my music 'blues punk.' There's a lot of influences.

I guess I would call my music 'blues punk.' There's a lot of influences.

- Benjamin Booker

Music helped me to get out of a rough period in my life when I really struggled to see any future for myself and was terrified about what was happening to the people around me.

Music helped me to get out of a rough period in my life when I really struggled to see any future for myself and was terrified about what was happening to the people around me.

- Benjamin Booker

Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people early on combine roots music with more aggressive music.

Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people early on combine roots music with more aggressive music.

- Benjamin Booker

My sister is an opera singer. I grew up going to her recitals. This whole time, I'm like, 'She's the singer. I'm just strumming along and yelling.'

My sister is an opera singer. I grew up going to her recitals. This whole time, I'm like, 'She's the singer. I'm just strumming along and yelling.'

- Benjamin Booker

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. That's it.

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. That's it.

- Benjamin Booker

There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I interact with other people.

There are a lot of really good skills you get from doing journalism - it completely changed my world and how I interact with other people.

- Benjamin Booker

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