Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
BEN HARPERI can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can’t return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I’ve gotten happier so it’s a damn good thing.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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You’re living life in real time, man, and we’ ve got a good amount of work to do for each other. Hiding is not an option and you’re going to step out and you’re going to make mistakes.
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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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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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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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The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I’m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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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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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
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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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To go through this life and see it through – what it really is – and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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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.
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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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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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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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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
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