Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It’s like heaven to me I must confess.
BEN HARPERI write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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You look like gold. I’ve been fooled before, but now I know I’ve made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
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If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it’s done.
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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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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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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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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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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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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.
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As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.
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