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.
BEN HARPERWe’ve all got stardust in our bones.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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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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We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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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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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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I really feel there’s no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That’s an empowering feeling – that we can bring a song to life.
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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.
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