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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.

Ben Harper

I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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Girl Liars Names
As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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Ethics Long Moral
Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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Good Hit Mean Music
I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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Today Trying Yesterday
I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
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Better Hands Place Two World
Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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Firsts Obsession Self
The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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Boys Heritage Musical
I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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Continual Growth Growth Looking Forward
Love for me is my North Star. It’s the highest form of grace. And I love that there’s different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it’s love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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Children Sibling Stars
My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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Head Music Work
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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Song Together Wise
I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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Myself Pass Persons Shoes
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
Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you’ve ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that’s life. Who isn’t like that? What’s the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.
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Arrogant Guy Humble
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
Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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Battle Moral Stories
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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Differences Mistakes Past
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
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 don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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Become Easy Person Walks
We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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Bones Stardust Stars
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
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
I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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Criminals Sky Today
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
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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Color Heart Music
My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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Country Family Own Stores

You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.

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