If 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.
BEN HARPERWhen your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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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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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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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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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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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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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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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 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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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It’s the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That’s the power of the gospel.
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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 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.
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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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