You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
BEN HARPERI’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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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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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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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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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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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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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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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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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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Now 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.
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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you’re alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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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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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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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 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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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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If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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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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I grew up with the Blind Boys’ music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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