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.
BEN HARPERIf I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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 world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.
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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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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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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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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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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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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
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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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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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