The lifetime we’ve left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can’t be wrong enough and I can’t hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
BEN HARPERNow I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It’s like heaven to me I must confess.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
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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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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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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 don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can’t return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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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 I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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