As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
BEN HARPERThere’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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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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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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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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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 woman in you is the worry in me.
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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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I’ve never made a record that didn’t sound better than what was in my head – that’s sort of my rule.
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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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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People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
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Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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