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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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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They say time will make all this go away. But it's time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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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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We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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If I don't have the potential to write in different styles and sing in different voices and play in different ways, I won't stay inspired.
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There is a difference between a great producer and somebody who is a big advocate of your music. Just because you're a big advocate for a band doesn't mean you need to be in the studio with them, and at the same time - we don't need to get into this conversation - you can write a hit, but it might not hit.
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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better then it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better then how it’s recorded.
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I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.
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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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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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People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, 'cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
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In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you're traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There's just one can set you free.
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We've changed our reflections, but inside we're just a child.
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Don't be discouraged by writer's block. Writer's block just means you need to listen to other music.
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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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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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All that we can't say is all we need to hear.
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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When it comes to writers and poets, for me it's Vinicius de Moraes. He's one of the greatest lyricists ever.
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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.