Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
BEN HARPERSometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
BEN HARPERThe 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.
BEN HARPERTime is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can’t do that!
BEN HARPERThey say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
BEN HARPERThese 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.
BEN HARPERIt just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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.
BEN HARPERI can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
BEN HARPERIt 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.
BEN HARPERThere’s something in everyone only they know.
BEN HARPERYou’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.
BEN HARPERWhen 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.
BEN HARPERThe very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
BEN HARPERYou can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
BEN HARPERYou have to do what you believe in.
BEN HARPERI’m more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I’m not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
BEN HARPER