Ben Harper quotes

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. (Ben Harper)
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. View quote
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Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you've ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that's life. Who isn't like that? What's the big deal if I had an arrogant moment. View quote
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I just want to keep doing what I feel. View quote
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In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you're traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There's just one can set you free. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today. View quote
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The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name. View quote
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My head works in music, so there's always music there. View quote
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I refuse to make uninspired music. (Ben Harper)
If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration. View quote
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview. View quote
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk. View quote
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Folk is bare bones music. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover. View quote
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I love being on the road, I love playing. View quote
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You have to do what you believe in. View quote
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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends. (Ben Harper)
My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it's recorded. View quote
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If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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