Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
BEN HARPERBut 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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The spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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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 really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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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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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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I’m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
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The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
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Now that you’ve grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world, But we’ll never make it out alive…
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Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can’t do that!
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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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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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