No masters or kings when the ritual begins [making love] Hozier More Quotes by Hozier More Quotes From Hozier I like playing with light and shade. I like saying awful things in very pretty ways. Hozier saying things like light We all run the risk of thinking that people have common sense sometimes. Hozier run sometimes people thinking 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. Hozier yourself you society racism I didn't even have that many close LGBT friends or anything like that, but I suppose it was growing up and becoming aware of how you are in a cultural landscape that is blatantly homophobic... you turn around and say, 'Why did I grow up in a homophobic place? Why did I grow up in a misogynistic place?' Hozier grow place you friends I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American music. It's the foundation of rock and roll. Hozier rock-and-roll foundation music roots I'm not cross about the idea of baptism; I just think the idea that when a child is born it is inherently sinful and carries sin and needs to be cleaned in order for it to be all right and all good with its creator, I just think that's an absurd notion. Hozier good child think born I have a bit of a love affair with fairy tales and some of the ideas of Irish mythology, like Oscar Wilde and W.B. Yeats, who captured a lot of that very beautifully. Hozier like fairy love ideas I try to be happy. I try to face things without regret or make sure that I'm happy with things and leave nothing unsaid if I can. Hozier be-happy face regret happy The public discourse online is not done through the polite language of debate. Hozier through debate language done There are a lot of recurring themes that I resonated with when I read 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.' Hozier portrait young-man man artist One of my first festivals was Oxygen 2006. It had this amazing lineup with the Arctic Monkeys on their first or second album, the Strokes, Kings of Leon, the Magic Numbers and then the Who and James Brown. I waited in the pit for a good eight hours to see James Brown. Hozier amazing good see magic When I first started to sing, I just swung at it with an axe. Hozier axe sing first just Growing up, I always saw the hypocrisy of the Catholic church. The history speaks for itself, and I grew incredibly frustrated and angry. I essentially just put that into my words. Hozier words angry church history I love a lot of Irish folk music and Irish folk songs. Hozier songs folk-music music love Regardless of the sexual orientation behind a relationship, it is still a relationship and still love. Hozier behind still love relationship I don't like false happy endings, and I don't think the real world is such a forgiving place. Hozier place think happy world I'm still finding my feet in many ways as a performer. I'm not an extrovert, and certainly the attention isn't what drew me to it, and I find that quite jarring at times. I used to stress a lot about shows and get palpitations before shows, but eventually you learn to love it, and it is a thrill. Hozier me you stress love Governments do not care about your Facebook-assembled opinion. Incompetent politicians don't read your tweets; there are reasons for them being out of touch. Change does not come about for 'likes' on a page, though the ideas for it may start there. Hozier opinion care change ideas My musical education was grounded in blues and Chicago blues - John Lee Hooker and Otis Redding. Hozier blues grounded chicago education I love making music, but if you make something that inspires somebody else to make something, without getting too airy-fairy, you've contributed to the zeitgeist in some way, and that's just an amazing feeling. Hozier feeling you music love
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