If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
BEN HARPERCould’ve sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can’t do that!
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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To go through this life and see it through – what it really is – and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
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I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.
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Love for me is my North Star. It’s the highest form of grace. And I love that there’s different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it’s love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
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I’m more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I’m not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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Life is short and if you’re looking for extension, you had best do well. ‘Cause there’s good deeds and then there’s good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
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With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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What started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don’t know where you came from And I don’t know where you’ve gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn
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It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It’s the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That’s the power of the gospel.
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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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