Ben Harper Quotes
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Just because you have a hit doesn't mean you're good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
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I refuse to make uninspired music.
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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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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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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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You can't just say I love you, you have to LIVE I love you.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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There's no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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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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We're always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.
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I'm a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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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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I can't not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel.