Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
BEN HARPERThere’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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 dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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The spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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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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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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Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up. If you’re gonna give, then give it up. If you’re gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you’re gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
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Love for me is my North Star. It’s the highest form of grace. And I love that there’s different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it’s love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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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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