When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
BEN HARPERNow 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…
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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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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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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My choice is what I choose to be.
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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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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The lifetime we’ve left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can’t be wrong enough and I can’t hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
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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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There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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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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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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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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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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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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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