I 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.
BEN HARPERAs long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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 choice is what I choose to be.
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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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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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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If you’re gonna live, then live it up. If you’re gonna give, then give it up. If you’re gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you’re gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
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Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
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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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I’m not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum ‘n’ bass record.
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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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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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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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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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Folk is bare bones music.
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