Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
BEN HARPERThat happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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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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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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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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Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you’re alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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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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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can’t return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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The 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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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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