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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.

Ben Harper

I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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Children Try Want Young
If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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Anybody Else Fall Fallen
There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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God Rooms Separation
Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can’t explain But I faithfully remain.
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Battle Lost Waste
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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Darkness Dawn Friends Old
Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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Blind Heal
That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.
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Being Free Guitar Regardless Spiritual
Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
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Fall Relationship Resist Temptation
The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
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Crush Song Writing
My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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Country Family Own Stores
Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
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Block Mean Needs
Could’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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Believe Fall Morning
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
I refuse to make uninspired music.
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Music Refuse Uninspired
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
I really feel there’s no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That’s an empowering feeling – that we can bring a song to life.
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Empowering Feelings Song

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