Ben Harper Quotes
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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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There's something in everyone only they know.
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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.
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I feel it strong in my heart and sing it and write it just because that's a part of Ben Harper, that's just a part of me, that makes me who I am.
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These eyes weren't made for crying, this love wasn't made to waste. These arms weren't made for battle, but to share in your embrace.
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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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You have to do what you believe in.
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If you're gonna live, then live it up.
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As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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The spirit is what guides my life, and I'm humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it's something to be lived.
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I don't kid myself in thinking that I'm on the front lines. I know the people who are on the front lines. I mean there are people in some freakin' significant places making on-the-ground social front line change. I've marched. I've put feet on the ground for what I believe and what I'm against with no compromise. And there are people who are risking a whole hell of a lot more than me to make change, that's for damn sure.
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one's own self-obsession.
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But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
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Try it first And you'll see its a blessing And it's not a curse.
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There's so much there, there's so much to heal for.
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I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it.
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The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It's a morning yearning.
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If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
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I don't know how to not become every person I walk by.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery.