My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
BEN HARPERIf I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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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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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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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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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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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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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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