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.
BEN HARPERWe figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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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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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that’s because that’s where I’m going to find inspiration.
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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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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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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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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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The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I’m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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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 can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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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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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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