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.
BEN HARPERIt 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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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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Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can’t explain But I faithfully remain.
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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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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
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Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It’s like heaven to me I must confess.
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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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The lifetime we’ve left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can’t be wrong enough and I can’t hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
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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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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
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Life is short and if you’re looking for extension, you had best do well. ‘Cause there’s good deeds and then there’s good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
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The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
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