I refuse to make uninspired music.
BEN HARPERAs long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
More Ben Harper Quotes
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
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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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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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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 choice is what I choose to be.
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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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You’re living life in real time, man, and we’ ve got a good amount of work to do for each other. Hiding is not an option and you’re going to step out and you’re going to make mistakes.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can’t return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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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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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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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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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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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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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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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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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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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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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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