Ben Harper Quotes
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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'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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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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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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Don't be discouraged by writer's block. Writer's block just means you need to listen to other music.
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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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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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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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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Now I love to feel that warm southern rain, Just to hear it fall is the sweetest sounding thing. And to see it fall on your simple country dress It's like heaven to me I must confess.
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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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Don't let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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Of all the states of emotion I've ever been in, music takes me to the strongest state of emotion the quickest, of any other sort of state of mind I've ever been in or been put in by any substance or circumstance, music brings me to an emotional state of being faster than anything I've ever known.
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We've changed our reflections, but inside we're just a child.
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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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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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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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I've never made a record that didn't sound better than what was in my head - that's sort of my rule.
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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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Right now I'm listening to a lot of different things but I listen to a lot of classical music. Eventually I would like to compose and perform classical.
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You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.