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The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.

Ben Harper

Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
BEN HARPER

Good Hit Mean Music
You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
BEN HARPER

Mind Time Want
I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
BEN HARPER

Blind Listening Spiritual
To go through this life and see it through – what it really is – and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
BEN HARPER

Insane Life Miracle
I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
BEN HARPER

Girl Liars Names
Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can’t do that!
BEN HARPER

Hands Mean Reality
My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
BEN HARPER

Head Music Work
Folk is bare bones music.
BEN HARPER

Bare Bones Folks
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.
BEN HARPER

Arrogant Guy Humble
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.
BEN HARPER

Enemy Mean Rose
We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
BEN HARPER

Cream Crop Crops Shows
Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
BEN HARPER

Firsts Obsession Self
Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
BEN HARPER

Blessing First Trying
People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
BEN HARPER

Meet Song Writing Years
Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
BEN HARPER

Ends Smoking Weed
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.
BEN HARPER

Easter Fall Hate

The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.

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