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.
BEN HARPERMake sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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The lifetime we’ve left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can’t be wrong enough and I can’t hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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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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If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
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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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Children come running to the truth But you’ve got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one’s living high another’s grieving But what’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh – What’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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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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The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
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