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.
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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Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you’ve ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that’s life. Who isn’t like that? What’s the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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I’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.
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As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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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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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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Love for me is my North Star. It’s the highest form of grace. And I love that there’s different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it’s love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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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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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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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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