Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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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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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Children come running to the truth But you’ve got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one’s living high another’s grieving But what’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh – What’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.
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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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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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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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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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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can’t explain But I faithfully remain.
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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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