Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
BEN HARPERI want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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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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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The 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.
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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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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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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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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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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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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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Life is short and if you’re looking for extension, you had best do well. ‘Cause there’s good deeds and then there’s good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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