If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
BEN HARPERFearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it’s done.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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Folk is bare bones music.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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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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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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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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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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I really feel there’s no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That’s an empowering feeling – that we can bring a song to life.
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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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My choice is what I choose to be.
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It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It’s the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That’s the power of the gospel.
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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What started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don’t know where you came from And I don’t know where you’ve gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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I’m more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I’m not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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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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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 can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up. If you’re gonna give, then give it up. If you’re gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you’re gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
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