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.
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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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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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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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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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.
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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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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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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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The lifetime we’ve left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can’t be wrong enough and I can’t hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
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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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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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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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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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Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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