Ben Harper Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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All that we can't say is all we need to hear.
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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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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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When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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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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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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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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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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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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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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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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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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People say, "How do you write songs?" I say, "Patience." I may have a track that's hot, but no words. I'll just let it sit for years, because I know they're going to meet. They'll find it.
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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.