It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
BEN HARPERI refuse to make uninspired music.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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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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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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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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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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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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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.
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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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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.
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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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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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My choice is what I choose to be.
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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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