Ben Harper Quotes
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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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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. Sometimes it's lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
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You can't just say I love you, you have to LIVE I love you.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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There's no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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The lifetime we've left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can't be wrong enough and I can't hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.
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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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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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It's so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away.
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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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Could've sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?
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If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.
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To go through this life and see it through - what it really is - and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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We're always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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Hiding is not an option and you're going to step out and you're going to make mistakes. I'm going to look stupid. I'm going to say things I want to retract. I'm going to sing notes I wish I could have back, there's just no getting around the stumble, but if you stumble enough times you're going to fall off the edge and have no choice but to freakin' fly.
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As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.
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The only way that you can find any semblance of a rule, or make any semblance of your own rule, is to tear up the rulebook. Throw it out, burn it, throw it away, and make your own rules.
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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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I can't not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
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Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I'd rather walk alone than chase you around, I'd rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.