Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
BEN HARPERPeople say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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I’m not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum ‘n’ bass record.
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The 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.
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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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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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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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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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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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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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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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