Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
BEN HARPERNow I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It’s like heaven to me I must confess.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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Life is short and if you’re looking for extension, you had best do well. ‘Cause there’s good deeds and then there’s good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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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People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.
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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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Folk is bare bones music.
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You’re living life in real time, man, and we’ ve got a good amount of work to do for each other. Hiding is not an option and you’re going to step out and you’re going to make mistakes.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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