It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
BEN HARPERAs 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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I grew up with the Blind Boys’ music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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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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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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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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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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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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But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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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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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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