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.
BEN HARPERI dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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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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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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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.
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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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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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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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Now that you’ve grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world, But we’ll never make it out alive…
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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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I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
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Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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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’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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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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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.
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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