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.
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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The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I’ve gotten happier so it’s a damn good thing.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
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I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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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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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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I grew up with the Blind Boys’ music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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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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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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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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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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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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