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.
BEN HARPERI’m not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum ‘n’ bass record.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
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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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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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I’ve never made a record that didn’t sound better than what was in my head – that’s sort of my rule.
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Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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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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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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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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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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 don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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