We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
BEN HARPERWe’ve all got stardust in our bones.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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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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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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I’ve never made a record that didn’t sound better than what was in my head – that’s sort of my rule.
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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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The spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
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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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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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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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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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Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you’re alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
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I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
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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.
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If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
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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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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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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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