Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
BEN HARPERThe spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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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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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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I’ve never made a record that didn’t sound better than what was in my head – that’s sort of my rule.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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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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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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Now that you’ve grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world, But we’ll never make it out alive…
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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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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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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You have to do what you believe in.
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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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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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