It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
BEN HARPERThe 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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.
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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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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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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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In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you’re traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There’s just one can set you free.
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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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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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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.
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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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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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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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