Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
BEN HARPERWe’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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 something in everyone only they know.
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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 lifetime we’ve left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can’t be wrong enough and I can’t hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.
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Children come running to the truth But you’ve got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one’s living high another’s grieving But what’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh – What’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.
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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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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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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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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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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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