It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
BEN HARPERCould’ve sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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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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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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Love for me is my North Star. It’s the highest form of grace. And I love that there’s different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it’s love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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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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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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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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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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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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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I’m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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The spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
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