My choice is what I choose to do and if I’m causing no harm it shouldn’t bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you’re causin’ no harm, then your alright with me.
BEN HARPERThere’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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 music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I’m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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You look like gold. I’ve been fooled before, but now I know I’ve made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
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You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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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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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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You have to do what you believe in.
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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option.
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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What started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don’t know where you came from And I don’t know where you’ve gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn
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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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