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 HARPERForever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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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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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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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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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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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.
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I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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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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