The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
BEN HARPERI appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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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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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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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 grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I’m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
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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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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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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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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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