Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option.
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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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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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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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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.
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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.
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I’m not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum ‘n’ bass record.
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In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you’re traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There’s just one can set you free.
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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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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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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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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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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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