Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
BEN HARPERThe good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I’ve gotten happier so it’s a damn good thing.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I’ve never made a record that didn’t sound better than what was in my head – that’s sort of my rule.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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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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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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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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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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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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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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The lifetime we’ve left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can’t be wrong enough and I can’t hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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