Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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You look like gold. I’ve been fooled before, but now I know I’ve made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
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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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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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I grew up with the Blind Boys’ music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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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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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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.
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But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
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What started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don’t know where you came from And I don’t know where you’ve gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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My 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.
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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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Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It’s like heaven to me I must confess.
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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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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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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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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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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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You’re living life in real time, man, and we’ ve got a good amount of work to do for each other. Hiding is not an option and you’re going to step out and you’re going to make mistakes.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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