Every man’s actions belong to him.
BEN HARPEREvery single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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You 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
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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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Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can’t do that!
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Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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These eyes weren’t made for crying, this love wasn’t made to waste. These arms weren’t made for battle, but to share in your embrace.
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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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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