I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
BEN HARPERI’m more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I’m not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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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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We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
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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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You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
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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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The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
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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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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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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.
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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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Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can’t do that!
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Children come running to the truth But you’ve got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one’s living high another’s grieving But what’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh – What’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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