I refuse to make uninspired music.
BEN HARPEREvery time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
More Ben Harper Quotes
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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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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 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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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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There’s no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
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It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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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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You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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 get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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There’s something in everyone only they know.
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If I fall, I fall. I’ll rise up like anybody else.
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Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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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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