You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.
BEN HARPERPeople 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It’s the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That’s the power of the gospel.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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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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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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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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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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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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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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