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?
BEN HARPERIf you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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Folk is bare bones music.
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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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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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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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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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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It’s the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That’s the power of the gospel.
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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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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you’re alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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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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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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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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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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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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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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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you’re traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There’s just one can set you free.
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