I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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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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Life is short and if you’re looking for extension, you had best do well. ‘Cause there’s good deeds and then there’s good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
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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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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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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option.
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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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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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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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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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Could’ve sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?
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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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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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The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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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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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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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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Love for me is my North Star. It’s the highest form of grace. And I love that there’s different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it’s love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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