As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
BEN HARPERLove 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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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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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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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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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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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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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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The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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There’s only one proper way a song should go, but you’ve got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise.
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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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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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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