I refuse to make uninspired music.
BEN HARPER
BEN HARPER
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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?
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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.
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