Ben Harper Quotes
We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs at all. It's a true live record; it's one of the few true live records out there.
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In my heart of hearts my motivation would always have been to be the best, and I think that athletics is probably what I was built for.
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If the interview was done in the studio, Frank McGee would automatically do it. But if I went out and got it, then the interview was mine. So I was considered a pushy cookie, because I would get the interview.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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I worked at CNN for almost 26 years. I worked in Mutual Radio for 20 years. I've been in the business 57 years. I have never seen a bias off the air or on.
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New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
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Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in which you do not have to buy anything in order to stay.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.
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When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
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I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth.
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The E.U. can deliver on its citizens' needs and make its partnerships work only if we all act together - E.U. institutions and national governments, at all levels, united.
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When I'm writing, I mean what I'm saying - there's a lot of me in each song.
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I love to have a bath with beautiful, relaxing music on and have no rush to do anything. It's a wonderful indulgence, and it helps me to calm down and stop my mind running overtime.
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The Christian ought not to say anything behind his brother's back with the object of calumniating him, for this is slander, even if what is said is true. He ought to turn away from the brother who speaks evil against him?
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In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
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Roc Nation has an army. I'm happy because this is what I needed. I have the music, but they have the muscle.
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We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs at all. It's a true live record; it's one of the few true live records out there.
