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.
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.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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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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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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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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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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Love for me is my North Star. It’s the highest form of grace. And I love that there’s different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it’s love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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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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My choice is what I choose to be.
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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 can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
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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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