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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.

We're always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.

If you don't like my fire, then don't come around. Cause I'm gonna burn one down.

Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.

My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.

I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.

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.

Life's the longest picture you're ever gonna take.

Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.

I can't not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.

With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?

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

Like a soldier standing long under fire, any change comes as a relief.

I'm really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.

As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery

I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.

It's not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can't just sing about anything.

When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.

My head works in music, so there's always music there.

We've changed our reflections, but inside we're just a child.

Try it first And you'll see its a blessing And it's not a curse

I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.

If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.

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.

You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life.

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.

Don't be discouraged by writer's block. Writer's block just means you need to listen to other music.

I just want to keep doing what I feel.

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.

You have to do what you believe in.

There's so much there, there's so much to heal for.

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.

There's something in everyone only they know.

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.

They say time will make all this go away. But it's time that's taken my tomorrow, and turned them into yesterday.

I love being on the road, I love playing.

If you don't like my fire, don't come around cuz I'm gonna burn one down.

I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.

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

Folk is bare bones music.

The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It's a morning yearning.

I don't know how to not become every person I walk by.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

You can't just say I love you, you have to LIVE I love you

We've all got stardust in our bones ...

I've never made a record that didn't sound better than what was in my head - that's sort of my rule.

I appreciate that something I've done has found a safe place to land.

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

It's so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away

When it comes to writers and poets, for me it's Vinicius de Moraes. He's one of the greatest lyricists ever.

I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.

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.

If you're gonna live, then live it up.

There's no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.

Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it.

When you have everything, you have everything to lose.

I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.

There's no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?

Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one's own self-obsession.

Every man's actions belong to him.

The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

My choice is what I choose to be.

Just because you have a hit doesn't mean you're good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.

It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It's love.

What enables me to believe in anything is hope.

As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.

My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!

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.

I refuse to make uninspired music.

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.

The woman in you is the worry in me.

It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.

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.

I'm a living sunset, lightning in my bones.

I wish you were here so we could walk and talk in the soft rain.

People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, 'cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.

Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.

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.

Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can't do that!

I refuse to age disgracefully in rock 'n' roll.

Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend ...

Don't let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.