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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
You have to do what you believe in.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs at all. It's a true live record; it's one of the few true live records out there.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Blind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020
Right now I'm listening to a lot of different things but I listen to a lot of classical music. Eventually I would like to compose and perform classical.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
My head works in music, so there's always music there.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.
- Drum
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I refuse to make uninspired music.
- Nov 07, 2020
I refuse to age disgracefully in rock 'n' roll.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That's an empowering feeling - that we can bring a song to life.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love being on the road, I love playing.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want to keep doing what I feel.
- Bones
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- Nov 07, 2020
Folk is bare bones music.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
- Blues
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
- Diet
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never made a record that didn't sound better than what was in my head - that's sort of my rule.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a difference between a great producer and somebody who is a big advocate of your music. Just because you're a big advocate for a band doesn't mean you need to be in the studio with them, and at the same time - we don't need to get into this conversation - you can write a hit, but it might not hit.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
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. You can't take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
- Greatest
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- Nov 07, 2020