Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you’ve ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that’s life. Who isn’t like that? What’s the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.
BEN HARPERChildren come running to the truth But you’ve got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one’s living high another’s grieving But what’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh – What’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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These eyes weren’t made for crying, this love wasn’t made to waste. These arms weren’t made for battle, but to share in your embrace.
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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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Life is short and if you’re looking for extension, you had best do well. ‘Cause there’s good deeds and then there’s good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
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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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Folk is bare bones music.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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I’m more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I’m not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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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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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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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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