If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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My choice is what I choose to be.
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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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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
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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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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you’re traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There’s just one can set you free.
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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.
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Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it’s done.
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To go through this life and see it through – what it really is – and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
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I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
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