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.
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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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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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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I’m not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum ‘n’ bass record.
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There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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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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People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
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Now that you’ve grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world, But we’ll never make it out alive…
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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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A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you’re alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
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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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They say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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