My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
BEN HARPERWish 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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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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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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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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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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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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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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Folk is bare bones music.
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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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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 just want to keep doing what I feel.
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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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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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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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Children come running to the truth But you’ve got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one’s living high another’s grieving But what’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh – What’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.
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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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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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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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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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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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