My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.
BEN HARPERMy band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.
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.
BEN HARPERThe 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.
BEN HARPERThe 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.
BEN HARPERSometimes 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.
BEN HARPERI’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
BEN HARPERCould’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?
BEN HARPERJust because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
BEN HARPERI really feel there’s no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That’s an empowering feeling – that we can bring a song to life.
BEN HARPERIf 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.
BEN HARPERPeople 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.
BEN HARPERTo go through this life and see it through – what it really is – and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
BEN HARPERSometimes 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.
BEN HARPERTake 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.
BEN HARPERWhat started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don’t know where you came from And I don’t know where you’ve gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn
BEN HARPERI can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
BEN HARPER