"You have to do what you believe in."
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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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"As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits."
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"There's only one proper way a song should go, but you've got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise. Sometimes it's lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up."
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"There's so much there, there's so much to heal for."
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"We've changed our reflections, but inside we're just a child."
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"Don't be discouraged by writer's block. Writer's block just means you need to listen to other music."
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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 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."
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"I don't know how to not become every person I walk by."
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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 can't not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass."
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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 don't kid myself in thinking that I'm on the front lines. I know the people who are on the front lines. I mean there are people in some freakin' significant places making on-the-ground social front line change. I've marched. I've put feet on the ground for what I believe and what I'm against with no compromise. And there are people who are risking a whole hell of a lot more than me to make change, that's for damn sure."
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"You're living life in real time, man, and we' ve got a good amount of work to do for each other. Hiding is not an option and you're going to step out and you're going to make mistakes."
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"Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship."
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"My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!"
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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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"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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"It's so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away"
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