Ben Harper Quotes - Page 5

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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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  Funny, Life, Heaven

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• Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.

  Ben Harper

  Self, Loathing, Steps

  "Ben Harper: Me, Myself And I". Interview with Liane Hansen, www.npr.org. May 14, 2011.

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• Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can't do that!

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  Mean, Reality, Hands

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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.

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  Mean, Rose, Enemy

  Song: Roses From My Friends, 2001

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• 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.

  Ben Harper

  Song, Band, Records

  The Streets Interview, June 20, 2006.

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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.

  Ben Harper

  Self, Firsts, Obsession

  Ben Harper Interview, MusicFix, February 14, 2006.

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• The woman in you is the worry in me.

  Ben Harper

  Evil, Worry, Misogyny

  Song: The Woman In You

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• It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can't return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.

  Ben Harper

  Life Lesson, Boys, Discovery

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• There's no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?

  Ben Harper

  God, Rooms, Separation

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• With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?

  Ben Harper

  People, Worry, Unanswered Questions

  Song: Walk Away

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• If you don't like my fire, then don't come around. Cause I'm gonna burn one down.

  Ben Harper

  Philosophy, Fire, Causes

  Song: Ben Harper Burn One Down, 1995

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• If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

  Ben Harper

  Play, Inspire, Inspired

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• If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.

  Ben Harper

  Fall, Ifs

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• Wish there was something that I could say or do, I can resist anything but the temptation from you. But I'd rather walk alone than chase you around, I'd rather fall myself then let you drag me on down.

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  Relationship, Fall, Temptation

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• I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.

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  Spiritual, Listening, Blind

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• It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel.

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  Easter, Hate, Fall

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• I can't not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.

  Ben Harper

  Shoes, Persons, I Can

  "Interview: Ben Harper: Musician. Poet. Environmentalist. Activist. Prophet". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• You're living life in real time, man, and we' ve got a good amount of work to do for each other. Hiding is not an option and you're going to step out and you're going to make mistakes.

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  Real, Mistake, Live Life

  "Interview: Ben Harper: Musician. Poet. Environmentalist. Activist. Prophet". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• If interviews are just interviews or if music is just music, why are we even doing it? You only get so many hours in a lifetime, man.

  Ben Harper

  Men, Interviews, Lifetime

  "Interview: Ben Harper: Musician. Poet. Environmentalist. Activist. Prophet". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.

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  Children, Who I Am, Trying

  "Interview: Ben Harper: Musician. Poet. Environmentalist. Activist. Prophet". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Don't be discouraged by writer's block. Writer's block just means you need to listen to other music.

  Ben Harper

  Block, Mean, Needs

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