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!
BEN HARPERWhat 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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You look like gold. I’ve been fooled before, but now I know I’ve made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
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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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There’s only one proper way a song should go, but you’ve got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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They say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It’s like heaven to me I must confess.
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I grew up with the Blind Boys’ music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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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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You’re living life in real time, man, and we’ ve got a good amount of work to do for each other. Hiding is not an option and you’re going to step out and you’re going to make mistakes.
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