As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
BEN HARPERIf I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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I’m not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum ‘n’ bass record.
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You have to do what you believe in.
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Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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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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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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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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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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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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