I’ve never made a record that didn’t sound better than what was in my head – that’s sort of my rule.
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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Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it’s done.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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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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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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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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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option.
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There’s only one proper way a song should go, but you’ve got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise.
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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that’s because that’s where I’m going to find inspiration.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up. If you’re gonna give, then give it up. If you’re gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you’re gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
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You have to do what you believe in.
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Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
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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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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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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As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.
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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 kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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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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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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I’m more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I’m not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
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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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