I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
BEN HARPERI get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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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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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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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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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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As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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I really feel there’s no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That’s an empowering feeling – that we can bring a song to life.
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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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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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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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