It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It’s the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That’s the power of the gospel.
BEN HARPERI just want to keep doing what I feel.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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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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Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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There’s only one proper way a song should go, but you’ve got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise.
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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option.
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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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My choice is what I choose to do and if I’m causing no harm it shouldn’t bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you’re causin’ no harm, then your alright with me.
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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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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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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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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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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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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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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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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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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You look like gold. I’ve been fooled before, but now I know I’ve made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
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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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