More from Ben Harper
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.
Ben HarperBen Harper Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
Ben HarperBen Harper 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.
Ben HarperBen Harper Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
Ben HarperBen Harper With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
Ben HarperBen Harper You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
Ben HarperBen Harper 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.
Ben HarperBen Harper When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
Ben HarperBen Harper Now that you’ve grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world, But we’ll never make it out alive…
Ben HarperBen Harper You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
Ben HarperBen Harper 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
Ben HarperBen Harper The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
Ben HarperBen Harper Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
Ben HarperBen Harper I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
Ben HarperBen Harper Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
Ben HarperBen Harper 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.
Ben HarperBen Harper
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
Ginnie BaleGinnie Bale
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
Erica JongErica Jong I’ve always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn’t overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn’t ambitious.
Barbra StreisandBarbra Streisand You do not have to sleep with a comedian to learn what you’re doing. Male comedians will not like that advice, but it is the truth.
Tina FeyTina Fey I don’t go out unless I’m working. My quality time is when I’m doing nothing.
NasNas And you’d sure better not be doing it because it’s a way to make a living, ’cause that ain’t always going to be easy. You got to believe it, believe in the music. You got to mean it.
Waylon JenningsWaylon Jennings In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
Cato the YoungerCato the Younger Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.
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