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
BEN HARPERI knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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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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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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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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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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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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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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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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I’ve never made a record that didn’t sound better than what was in my head – that’s sort of my rule.
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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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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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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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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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Love for me is my North Star. It’s the highest form of grace. And I love that there’s different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it’s love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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