Children come running to the truth But you’ve got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one’s living high another’s grieving But what’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh – What’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.
BEN HARPERAll that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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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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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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The woman in you is the worry in me.
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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that’s because that’s where I’m going to find inspiration.
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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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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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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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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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In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you’re traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There’s just one can set you free.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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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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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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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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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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What 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
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