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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.

Ben Harper

Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
BEN HARPER

Fortune Need Needs Seek
Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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Loathing Self Steps Suppose
You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
BEN HARPER

Emotion Express Feel Live Love Say
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?
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Believe Fall Morning
It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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Love Magnificent Something Turns
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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Made Records Sound
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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Light Philosophy Shining
But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
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Blessing Comeback People
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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Battle Eye Relationship
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
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Darkness Dawn Friends Old
I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
BEN HARPER

Today Trying Yesterday
I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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Diminishing Interviews Return Returns
You have to do what you believe in.
BEN HARPER

Believe Self Love Trust
What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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Anything Believe Hope
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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God Rooms Separation
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 HARPER

Believe Distance Relationship
If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.
BEN HARPER

Interview Lifetime Men
I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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Continual Growth Growth Looking Forward
The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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Boys Heritage Musical
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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Differences Mistakes Past
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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Cream Crop Crops Shows
Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
BEN HARPER

Play Roles Self
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!
BEN HARPER

Hands Mean Reality
Life is short and if you’re looking for extension, you had best do well. ‘Cause there’s good deeds and then there’s good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
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Funny Heaven Life
As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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May Music Two Years
The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.
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Morning Running World
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.
BEN HARPER

Song Together Wise

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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