Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
BEN HARPERWhat enables me to believe in anything is hope.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
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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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Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you’ve ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that’s life. Who isn’t like that? What’s the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.
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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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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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You have to do what you believe in.
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These eyes weren’t made for crying, this love wasn’t made to waste. These arms weren’t made for battle, but to share in your embrace.
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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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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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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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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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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