The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I’m doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
BEN HARPERTime is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can’t do that!
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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These eyes weren’t made for crying, this love wasn’t made to waste. These arms weren’t made for battle, but to share in your embrace.
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You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It’s love.
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Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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That 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.
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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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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.
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It’s so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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