As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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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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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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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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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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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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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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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There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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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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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
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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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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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