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.
BEN HARPERI love being on the road, I love playing.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
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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.
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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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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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Could’ve sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?
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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.
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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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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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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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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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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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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.
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These eyes weren’t made for crying, this love wasn’t made to waste. These arms weren’t made for battle, but to share in your embrace.
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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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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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