I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
BEN HARPERIf 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.
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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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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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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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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With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
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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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I’m not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum ‘n’ bass record.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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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.
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People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you’ve ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that’s life. Who isn’t like that? What’s the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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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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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…
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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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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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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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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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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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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