Ben Harper Quotes
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
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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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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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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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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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You can't just say 'I love you,' you have to live 'I love you.'
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Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you've ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that's life. Who isn't like that? What's the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.
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I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It's love.
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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can't return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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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.
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Life's the longest picture you're ever gonna take.
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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.
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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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When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk.
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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 knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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Don't let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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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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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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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Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It's like heaven to me I must confess.
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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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My head works in music, so there's always music there.
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We've all got stardust in our bones.
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My choice is what I choose to do and if I'm causing no harm it shouldn't bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you're causin' no harm, then your alright with me.
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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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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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