We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
BEN HARPERThe 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I’ve gotten happier so it’s a damn good thing.
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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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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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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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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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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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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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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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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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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