You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
BEN HARPERThe good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I’ve gotten happier so it’s a damn good thing.
More Ben Harper Quotes
-
-
All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
BEN HARPER -
I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
BEN HARPER -
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.
BEN HARPER -
Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
BEN HARPER -
It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
BEN HARPER -
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.
BEN HARPER -
The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.
BEN HARPER -
It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
BEN HARPER -
If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
BEN HARPER -
I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
BEN HARPER -
As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
BEN HARPER -
Now that you’ve grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world, But we’ll never make it out alive…
BEN HARPER -
Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
BEN HARPER -
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.
BEN HARPER -
Folk is bare bones music.
BEN HARPER