I refuse to make uninspired music.
BEN HARPERThe spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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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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I grew up with the Blind Boys’ music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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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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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’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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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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