If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
BEN HARPERIf I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
BEN HARPERBut 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.
BEN HARPERSometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you’ve ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that’s life. Who isn’t like that? What’s the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.
BEN HARPERI dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
BEN HARPERIf you’re gonna live, then live it up. If you’re gonna give, then give it up. If you’re gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you’re gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
BEN HARPERI can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
BEN HARPERIt 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.
BEN HARPEREvery time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
BEN HARPERMusic 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.
BEN HARPERAs long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
BEN HARPERThe 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.
BEN HARPERThey say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
BEN HARPERWe’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
BEN HARPERNow 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…
BEN HARPERThe woman in you is the worry in me.
BEN HARPERThe music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I’m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
BEN HARPER