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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.

Ben Harper

Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
BEN HARPER

Fortune Need Needs Seek
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.
BEN HARPER

Crush Song Writing
I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
BEN HARPER

Age Disgrace Refuse Rocks
You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
BEN HARPER

Difference Live Photograph Time
My choice is what I choose to be.
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Advice Choices Choose
All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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Empathy Humanity Needs
What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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Anything Believe Hope
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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Home Pain Running
If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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Inspire Inspired Play
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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Believe Distance Relationship
The spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
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God Knees Thanks
I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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Doing Feels Want
Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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Blessing First Trying
I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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Girl Liars Names
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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Color Risk Taken
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.
BEN HARPER

Fall Relationship Resist Temptation
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.
BEN HARPER

Loathing Self Steps Suppose
We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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Bones Stardust Stars
There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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Life Love Relationship
I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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Blind Listening Spiritual
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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Arrogant Guy Humble
My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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Country Family Own Stores
In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you’re traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There’s just one can set you free.
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Blessed Want Worst
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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Believe Fall Morning
Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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Life Longest Picture Take
When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
BEN HARPER

Adages Everything Loses
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!
BEN HARPER

Hands Mean Reality

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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