Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
BEN HARPERIt 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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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Every man’s actions belong to him.
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But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
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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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We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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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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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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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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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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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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My choice is what I choose to do and if I’m causing no harm it shouldn’t bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you’re causin’ no harm, then your alright with me.
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I really feel there’s no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That’s an empowering feeling – that we can bring a song to life.
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If 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.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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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 only one proper way a song should go, but you’ve got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise.
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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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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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Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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What 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
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If you’re gonna live, then live it up.
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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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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends
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Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can’t explain But I faithfully remain.
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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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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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