I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
BEN HARPERWhen your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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 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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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.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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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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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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The spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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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.
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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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They say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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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.
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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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