Ben Harper Quotes
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I'm more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I'm not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
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We're always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
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I can't not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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My head works in music, so there's always music there.
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You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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We've all got stardust in our bones...
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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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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend...
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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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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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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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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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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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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.
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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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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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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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All that we can't say is all we need to hear.
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Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it's done.
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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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Love for me is my North Star. It's the highest form of grace. And I love that there's different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it's love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.