Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
BEN HARPERFolk is bare bones music.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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 you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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Life is short and if you’re looking for extension, you had best do well. ‘Cause there’s good deeds and then there’s good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
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I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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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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My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
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We’ve changed our reflections, but inside we’re just a child.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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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 you’re gonna live, then live it up. If you’re gonna give, then give it up. If you’re gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you’re gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
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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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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
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The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I’ve gotten happier so it’s a damn good thing.
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With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
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