Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
BEN HARPERMusic 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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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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Now that you’ve grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world, But we’ll never make it out alive…
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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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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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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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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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You look like gold. I’ve been fooled before, but now I know I’ve made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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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 knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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Children come running to the truth But you’ve got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one’s living high another’s grieving But what’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh – What’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.
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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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