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.
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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I grew up with the Blind Boys’ music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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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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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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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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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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These eyes weren’t made for crying, this love wasn’t made to waste. These arms weren’t made for battle, but to share in your embrace.
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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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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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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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