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.
BEN HARPERWhen you have everything, you have everything to lose.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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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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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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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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They say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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I’m more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I’m not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that’s because that’s where I’m going to find inspiration.
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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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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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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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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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