Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
BEN HARPERI can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can’t explain But I faithfully remain.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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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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You have to do what you believe in.
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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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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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My choice is what I choose to be.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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