Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
BEN HARPERWe’ve all got stardust in our bones.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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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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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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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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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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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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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 something in everyone only they know.
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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can’t return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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My choice is what I choose to be.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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To go through this life and see it through – what it really is – and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
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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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