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?
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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We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
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Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can’t do that!
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The 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.
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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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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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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can’t return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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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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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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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.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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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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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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To go through this life and see it through – what it really is – and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
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As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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They say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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These eyes weren’t made for crying, this love wasn’t made to waste. These arms weren’t made for battle, but to share in your embrace.
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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 refuse to make uninspired music.
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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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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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