Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
BEN HARPERWhat enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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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Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you’ve ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that’s life. Who isn’t like that? What’s the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.
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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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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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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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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 main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you’re alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
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The lifetime we’ve left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can’t be wrong enough and I can’t hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
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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’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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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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Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can’t explain But I faithfully remain.
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
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I’ve never made a record that didn’t sound better than what was in my head – that’s sort of my rule.
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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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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Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It’s like heaven to me I must confess.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
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