My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
BEN HARPERThat happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can’t explain But I faithfully remain.
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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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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
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You have to do what you believe in.
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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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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It’s like heaven to me I must confess.
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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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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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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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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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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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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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