I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
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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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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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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I appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
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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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Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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I’m more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I’m not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
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As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I’m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
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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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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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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.
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With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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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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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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The spirit is what guides my life, and I’m humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it’s something to be lived.
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Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
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