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.
BEN HARPERI want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can’t return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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My choice is what I choose to be.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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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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Folk is bare bones music.
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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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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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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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That 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.
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