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.
BEN HARPERPeople who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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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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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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My choice is what I choose to do and if I’m causing no harm it shouldn’t bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you’re causin’ no harm, then your alright with me.
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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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Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can’t do that!
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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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The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.
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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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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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