You have to do what you believe in.
BEN HARPERI appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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I really feel there’s no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That’s an empowering feeling – that we can bring a song to life.
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Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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I’ve never made a record that didn’t sound better than what was in my head – that’s sort of my rule.
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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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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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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It’s like heaven to me I must confess.
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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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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 not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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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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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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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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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that’s because that’s where I’m going to find inspiration.
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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.
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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I’ve gotten happier so it’s a damn good thing.
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