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.
BEN HARPERYou have to do what you believe in.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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What started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don’t know where you came from And I don’t know where you’ve gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn
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The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.
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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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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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The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
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If 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.
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People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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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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