What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
BEN HARPERIf 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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I’m not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum ‘n’ bass record.
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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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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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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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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
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I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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Could’ve sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?
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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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