I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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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You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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As 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.
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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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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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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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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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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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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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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The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.
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