Ben Harper Quotes
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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I'm really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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There's something in everyone only they know.
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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 you're gonna live, then live it up.
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You have to do what you believe in.
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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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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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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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Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends.
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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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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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There's so much there, there's so much to heal for.
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Try it first And you'll see its a blessing And it's not a curse.
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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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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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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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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery.
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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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I don't know how to not become every person I walk by.
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.