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.
BEN HARPERDon’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
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My choice is what I choose to do and if I’m causing no harm it shouldn’t bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you’re causin’ no harm, then your alright with me.
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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 have to do what you believe in.
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I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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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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If you’re gonna live, then live it up. If you’re gonna give, then give it up. If you’re gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you’re gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
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People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
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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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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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