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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends

Ben Harper

As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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Song Strong Thinking
You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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Different Person Stage
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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Morning Running World
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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Firsts Obsession Self
You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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Difference Live Photograph Time
I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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Doing Feels Want
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
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
I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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Continual Growth Growth Looking Forward
Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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Play Roles Self
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
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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Home Pain Running
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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Blessing Comeback People
I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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Children Try Want Young
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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Boys California Kind
Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
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Block Mean Needs

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