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 be.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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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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Could’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?
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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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 knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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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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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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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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There’s only one proper way a song should go, but you’ve got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise.
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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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