It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
BEN HARPERSometimes 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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There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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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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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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Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you’ve ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that’s life. Who isn’t like that? What’s the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.
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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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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.
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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You have to do what you believe in.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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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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Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you’re alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
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Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it’s done.
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