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.
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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All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
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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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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
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It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It’s the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That’s the power of the gospel.
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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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Folk is bare bones music.
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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.
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You have to do what you believe in.
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
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Love for me is my North Star. It’s the highest form of grace. And I love that there’s different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it’s love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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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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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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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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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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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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Now that you’ve grown up, You can finally learn to be a child, We made it to the end of the world, But we’ll never make it out alive…
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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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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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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In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you’re traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There’s just one can set you free.
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