When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
BEN HARPERMy choice is what I choose to be.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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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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Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can’t return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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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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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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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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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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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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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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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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If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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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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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.
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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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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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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.
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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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