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.
BEN HARPERForever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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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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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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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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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.
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You have to do what you believe in.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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You’re living life in real time, man, and we’ ve got a good amount of work to do for each other. Hiding is not an option and you’re going to step out and you’re going to make mistakes.
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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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I’m not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum ‘n’ bass record.
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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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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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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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