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.
BEN HARPERThere’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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You have to do what you believe in.
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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I’ve gotten happier so it’s a damn good thing.
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I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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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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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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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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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.
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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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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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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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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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