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.
BEN HARPERThere’s only one proper way a song should go, but you’ve got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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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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My choice is what I choose to be.
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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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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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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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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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Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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There’s only one proper way a song should go, but you’ve got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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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 appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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