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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.

Ben Harper

Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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Loathing Self Steps Suppose
If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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Anybody Else Fall Fallen
My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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Country Family Own Stores
Children 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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Morning Running Sweet
It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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Love Magnificent Something Turns
Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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Good Hit Mean Music
You have to do what you believe in.
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Believe Self Love Trust
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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Empowering Feelings Song
It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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Anything Duets Mother Son
I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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Girl Liars Names
What started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don’t know where you came from And I don’t know where you’ve gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn
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Darkness Dawn Friends Old
Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can’t do that!
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Hands Mean Reality
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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Ideas Stronger Ties
Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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Play Roles Self
Folk is bare bones music.
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Bare Bones Folks
We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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Changed Children Reflection

What enables me to believe in anything is hope.

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