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.
BEN HARPERSometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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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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There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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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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You have to do what you believe in.
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But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
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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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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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Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It’s like heaven to me I must confess.
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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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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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That 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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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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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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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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