I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
BEN HARPERJust because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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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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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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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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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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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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The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I’m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
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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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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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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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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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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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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.
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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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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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There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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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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They say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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You look like gold. I’ve been fooled before, but now I know I’ve made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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