The 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 HARPERThere’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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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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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.
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People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
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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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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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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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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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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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