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.
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 just want to keep doing what I feel.
I love being on the road, I love playing.
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.
The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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.
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.
It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away.
Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends.
There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse.
I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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.
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.
We’ve all got stardust in our bones...