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.
BEN HARPERIt just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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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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The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It’s like heaven to me I must confess.
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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They say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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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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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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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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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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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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I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
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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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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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Wish 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.
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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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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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