There’s only one proper way a song should go, but you’ve got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise.
BEN HARPEREvery time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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You look like gold. I’ve been fooled before, but now I know I’ve made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
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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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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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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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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can’t explain But I faithfully remain.
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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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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
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These eyes weren’t made for crying, this love wasn’t made to waste. These arms weren’t made for battle, but to share in your embrace.
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The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
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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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