Folk is bare bones music.
BEN HARPERYou 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
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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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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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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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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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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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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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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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
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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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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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