You have to do what you believe in.
BEN HARPERFearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it’s done.
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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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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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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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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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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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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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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