Ben Harper Quotes
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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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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My head works in music, so there's always music there.
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Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
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Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can't do that!
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We've all got stardust in our bones...
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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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I can't not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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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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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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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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If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.
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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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You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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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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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Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you're alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
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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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It's so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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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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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.
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I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.