You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
BEN HARPERCould’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?
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I grew up with the Blind Boys’ music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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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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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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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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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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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
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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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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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