We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
BEN HARPERDon’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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The lifetime we’ve left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can’t be wrong enough and I can’t hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
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Life is short and if you’re looking for extension, you had best do well. ‘Cause there’s good deeds and then there’s good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
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People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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You have to do what you believe in.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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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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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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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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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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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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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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