As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
BEN HARPERIt just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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The spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
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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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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.
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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Love for me is my North Star. It’s the highest form of grace. And I love that there’s different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it’s love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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My choice is what I choose to do and if I’m causing no harm it shouldn’t bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you’re causin’ no harm, then your alright with me.
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Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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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 you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
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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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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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