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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.

Ben Harper

I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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Criminals Sky Today
The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I’ve gotten happier so it’s a damn good thing.
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Good News Shoulder Things
If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that’s because that’s where I’m going to find inspiration.
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Inspiration Rocks
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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Jesus Name Number
Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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Enemy Mean Rose
If you’re gonna live, then live it up. If you’re gonna give, then give it up. If you’re gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you’re gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
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Earth Giving Inspirational
When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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Grace Room Singing
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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Away Sadness Taken Yesterday
I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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Appreciate Done Land
As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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Song Strong Thinking
These eyes weren’t made for crying, this love wasn’t made to waste. These arms weren’t made for battle, but to share in your embrace.
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Battle Eye Relationship
Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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Loathing Self Steps Suppose
I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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Become Easy Person Walks
You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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Emotion Express Feel Live Love Say
People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
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Meet Song Writing Years
The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I’m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
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Ideas Stronger Ties

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