I grew up with the Blind Boys’ music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
BEN HARPERI knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
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Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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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.
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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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The spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
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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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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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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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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
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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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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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When 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.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
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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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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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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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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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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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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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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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