“I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American m...” — Hozier Quote

“I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American music. It's the foundation of rock and roll.”

“I think marriage is a scary concept. It's a scary concept for anybody. I'm not sure where I sit with that.”

“The best vocalists I can think of are female. There is no singer I can think of who can touch Ella Fitzgerald. And when Billie Holiday sings, she's merciless about it. Her voice has just this immaculate sadness - even in happy songs, there was something that was so broken about it.”

“I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.”

“Perhaps we could do without tragedy in art - but what about comedy? Is it a coincidence that so many of the best American humorists have been Jewish and African-American?”

“You know, women not making dollar for dollar the same as a man is not new. It's been that way since day zero, since the founding of this country. And when you put African-American women and Hispanic women into the mix it's even worse than that.”