As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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These 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.
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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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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option.
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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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 write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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The lifetime we’ve left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can’t be wrong enough and I can’t hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
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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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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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Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you’re alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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