If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
BEN HARPERThe spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
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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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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If you’re gonna live, then live it up. If you’re gonna give, then give it up. If you’re gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you’re gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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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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I’m not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum ‘n’ bass record.
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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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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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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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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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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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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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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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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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