My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
BEN HARPERMy 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
-
-
Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
BEN HARPER -
People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
BEN HARPER -
Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
BEN HARPER -
I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
BEN HARPER -
I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
BEN HARPER -
They say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
BEN HARPER -
If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
BEN HARPER -
The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
BEN HARPER -
To go through this life and see it through – what it really is – and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
BEN HARPER -
Folk is bare bones music.
BEN HARPER -
I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
BEN HARPER -
You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
BEN HARPER -
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.
BEN HARPER -
I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
BEN HARPER -
The lifetime we’ve left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can’t be wrong enough and I can’t hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
BEN HARPER