I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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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You have to do what you believe in.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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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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We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It’s the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That’s the power of the gospel.
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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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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They say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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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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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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