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.
BEN HARPERI 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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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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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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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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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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My choice is what I choose to be.
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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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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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You’re living life in real time, man, and we’ ve got a good amount of work to do for each other. Hiding is not an option and you’re going to step out and you’re going to make mistakes.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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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