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BEN HARPERThe world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
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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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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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I 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.
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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Could’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?
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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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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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People 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.
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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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