Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
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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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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Love for me is my North Star. It’s the highest form of grace. And I love that there’s different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it’s love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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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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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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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.
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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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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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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It’s like heaven to me I must confess.
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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