The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
BEN HARPERIt 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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You look like gold. I’ve been fooled before, but now I know I’ve made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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To go through this life and see it through – what it really is – and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that’s because that’s where I’m going to find inspiration.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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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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