I refuse to make uninspired music.
BEN HARPERWhen it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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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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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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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The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I’ve gotten happier so it’s a damn good thing.
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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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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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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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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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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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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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What started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don’t know where you came from And I don’t know where you’ve gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn
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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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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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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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Now 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.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.
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