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 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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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.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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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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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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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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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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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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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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