You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
BEN HARPERIf 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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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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Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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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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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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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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Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it’s done.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.
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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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