Folk is bare bones music.
BEN HARPERIt’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
More Ben Harper Quotes
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
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With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I’m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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My choice is what I choose to do and if I’m causing no harm it shouldn’t bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you’re causin’ no harm, then your alright with me.
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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.
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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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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can’t return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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