Benjamin Clementine: ‘I make people believe in me’

Benjamin Clementine is a balladeer with a backstory, from Catholic schoolboy in London to homeless in Paris. On the eve of the release of his new album, he tells Kate Mossman how music gave him a voiceBenjamin Clementine looms above me, a strange but gentle presence. When he talks, he does so with dry amusement; when he listens, he furrows his brow. In a photo studio in Acton, west London, his bright khaki suit makes him look like a soldier. In fact, it’s womenswear, the wide cuffs swingin