Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
BEN HARPEREvery time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
BEN HARPERYou can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
BEN HARPERYou 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.
BEN HARPERMake sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
BEN HARPERIf interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.
BEN HARPERWhat started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don’t know where you came from And I don’t know where you’ve gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn
BEN HARPERThe woman in you is the worry in me.
BEN HARPERWe’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
BEN HARPERThat 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.
BEN HARPERMy 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.
BEN HARPERI appreciate that something I’ve done has found a safe place to land.
BEN HARPERWe 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.
BEN HARPERPeople who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
BEN HARPERPeople 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.
BEN HARPERIt just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
BEN HARPERI’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
BEN HARPER