Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
BEN HARPERPeople 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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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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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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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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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 I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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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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I really feel there’s no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That’s an empowering feeling – that we can bring a song to life.
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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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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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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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Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
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Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it’s done.
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