My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
BEN HARPERYou can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
More Ben Harper Quotes
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Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you’re alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
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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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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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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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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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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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As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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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 moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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