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.
BEN HARPERLove 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I’ve gotten happier so it’s a damn good thing.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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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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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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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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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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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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