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.
BEN HARPERMy choice is what I choose to do and if I’m causing no harm it shouldn’t bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you’re causin’ no harm, then your alright with me.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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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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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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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.
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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
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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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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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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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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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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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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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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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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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