Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
BEN HARPERMy choice is what I choose to be.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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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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People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.
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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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You look like gold. I’ve been fooled before, but now I know I’ve made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
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Love for me is my North Star. It’s the highest form of grace. And I love that there’s different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it’s love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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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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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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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 is short and if you’re looking for extension, you had best do well. ‘Cause there’s good deeds and then there’s good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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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.
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