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!
BEN HARPERIf 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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Could’ve sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?
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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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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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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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Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
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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.
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I’m more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I’m not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
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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 refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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