My 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 HARPERFolk is bare bones music.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock ‘n’ roll.
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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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They say time will make all this go away. But it’s time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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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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The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
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You have to do what you believe in.
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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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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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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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I’ve never made a record that didn’t sound better than what was in my head – that’s sort of my rule.
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Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I’d rather walk alone than chase you around, I’d rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.
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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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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’m more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I’m not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
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I’m a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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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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Children come running to the truth But you’ve got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one’s living high another’s grieving But what’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh – What’s sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.
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