Ben Harper Quotes
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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 appreciate that something I've done has found a safe place to land.
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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.
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I'm a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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Now that you've grown up You can finally learn to be a child We made it to the end of the world But we'll never make it out alive.
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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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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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I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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Make no mistake about it, making a good record is pure, unadulterated pain. If you fall and break your leg-that's pain. But I'm telling you, the phase between pain and death? That's making a good record. It's extreme.
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My head works in music, so there's always music there.
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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.
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I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That's an empowering feeling - that we can bring a song to life.
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I feel it strong in my heart and sing it and write it just because that's a part of Ben Harper, that's just a part of me, that makes me who I am.
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My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
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I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
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Children come running to the truth But you've got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one's living high another's grieving But what's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh - What's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.
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So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.
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There's something in everyone only they know.
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We've all got stardust in our bones...
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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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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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual.