Ben Harper Quotes
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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 get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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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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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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It's so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away.
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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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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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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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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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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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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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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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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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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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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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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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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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We've changed our reflections, but inside we're just a child.
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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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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.