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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.

Ben Harper

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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Song Strong Thinking
When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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Adages Everything Loses
People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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People Spiritual Trying
I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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Doing Feels Want
Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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Fortune Need Needs Seek
Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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Enemy Mean Rose
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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Alive Children World
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
My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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Around Skateboard Travelling World
As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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May Music Two Years
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
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
It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It’s the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That’s the power of the gospel.
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Easter Fall Hate
Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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Bottle Lightning Often Show Sometimes Time
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
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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Life Live Mistake Real
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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Meet Song Writing Years
I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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Bones Lightning Sunset
The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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Boys Heritage Musical
When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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Grace Room Singing
I love being on the road, I love playing.
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Love Playing Road
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
To go through this life and see it through – what it really is – and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
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Insane Life Miracle
My choice is what I choose to do and if I’m causing no harm it shouldn’t bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you’re causin’ no harm, then your alright with me.
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Life Love Relationship
We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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Different Moving Moving Forward
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
There’s something in everyone only they know.
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Empathy Everyone Knows Something

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