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.
BEN HARPERI get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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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.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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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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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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My choice is what I choose to do and if I’m causing no harm it shouldn’t bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you’re causin’ no harm, then your alright with me.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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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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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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