Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
BEN HARPERLife 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
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What started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don’t know where you came from And I don’t know where you’ve gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn
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Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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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 don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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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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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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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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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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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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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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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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