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Ben Harper

To go through this life and see it through – what it really is – and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
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Insane Life Miracle
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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Differences Mistakes Past
Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
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Color Heart Music
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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Hands Mean Reality
As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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May Music Two Years
I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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Age Disgrace Refuse Rocks
I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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Criminals Sky Today
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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Life Live Mistake Real
I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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Blind Listening Spiritual
Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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Boyfriend Break Up Relationship
It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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Love Magnificent Something Turns
You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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Different Person Stage
Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can’t explain But I faithfully remain.
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Battle Lost Waste
If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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Anybody Else Fall Fallen
I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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Heaven Hell People
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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Children Sibling Stars
My choice is what I choose to be.
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Advice Choices Choose
We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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Different Moving Moving Forward
Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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Blind Heal
I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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Myself Pass Persons Shoes
The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.
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Morning Running World
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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Crush Song Writing
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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Country Fall Rain
There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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Feel Heal Much Touch
You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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Emotion Express Feel Live Love Say
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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People Spiritual Trying
My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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Head Music Work

I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.

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