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I refuse to make uninspired music.

Ben Harper

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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Believe Fall Morning
When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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Grace Room Singing
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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Interview Lifetime Men
Folk is bare bones music.
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Bare Bones Folks
What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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Anything Believe Hope
If you’re gonna live, then live it up. If you’re gonna give, then give it up. If you’re gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you’re gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
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Earth Giving Inspirational
Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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Bottle Lightning Often Show Sometimes Time
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option.
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Alone Art Color Creatively Differences Possible Use
I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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Today Trying Yesterday
I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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Age Disgrace Refuse Rocks
I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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Criminals Sky Today
If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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Anybody Else Fall Fallen
The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
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Jesus Name Number
Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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Boyfriend Break Up Relationship
If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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Inspire Inspired Play
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.
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Arrogant Guy Humble
Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you’re alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
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Hands Home Worried
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
All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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Empathy Humanity Needs
In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you’re traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There’s just one can set you free.
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Blessed Want Worst
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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Alive Children World
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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Battle Eye Relationship
You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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Emotion Express Feel Live Love Say
Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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Believe Distance Relationship
You have to do what you believe in.
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Believe Self Love Trust
We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
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Cream Crop Crops Shows
The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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Boys Heritage Musical

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