I really feel there’s no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That’s an empowering feeling – that we can bring a song to life.
BEN HARPERLife’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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Children come running to the truth But you’ve got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one’s living high another’s grieving But what’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh – What’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.
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They say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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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 I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can’t explain But I faithfully remain.
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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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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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Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it’s done.
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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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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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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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