Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
BEN HARPERYou can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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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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You’re living life in real time, man, and we’ ve got a good amount of work to do for each other. Hiding is not an option and you’re going to step out and you’re going to make mistakes.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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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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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
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The lifetime we’ve left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can’t be wrong enough and I can’t hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
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In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you’re traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There’s just one can set you free.
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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that’s because that’s where I’m going to find inspiration.
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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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If you’re gonna live, then live it up. If you’re gonna give, then give it up. If you’re gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you’re gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
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