You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I grew up with the Blind Boys’ music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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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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But 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.
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What started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don’t know where you came from And I don’t know where you’ve gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn
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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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Now 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…
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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Children come running to the truth But you’ve got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one’s living high another’s grieving But what’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh – What’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.
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I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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There’s only one proper way a song should go, but you’ve got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise.
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Sometimes 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.
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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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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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