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.
BEN HARPERLife’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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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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There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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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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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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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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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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I’m more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I’m not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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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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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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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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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.
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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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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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Folk is bare bones music.
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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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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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You have to do what you believe in.
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.
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