Top 129 Quotes & Sayings by Ben Harper - Page 2

We've all got stardust in our bones.

If you're gonna live, then live it up.

Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.

What started as a whisper Slowly turned into a scream Searching for an answer Where the question is unseen I don't know where you came from And I don't know where you've gone Old friends become old strangers Between the darkness and the dawn

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.

Could've sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?

Every man's actions belong to him.

You can't just say 'I love you,' you have to live 'I love you.'

Just because you have a hit doesn't mean you're good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.

Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one's own self-obsession.

When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.

Forever always seems to be around when it begins, but forever never seems to be around when it ends

My choice is what I choose to do and if I'm causing no harm it shouldn't bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you're causin' no harm, then your alright with me.

I appreciate that something I've done has found a safe place to land.

I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.

I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.

It's not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can't just sing about anything.

When you have everything, you have everything to lose.

You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it

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.

Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal; if you believe, we shall never part.

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.

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.

The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I've gotten happier so it's a damn good thing.

People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, 'cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.

I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.

I'm a living sunset, lightning in my bones.

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

The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It's a morning yearning.

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.

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.

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.

I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.

Some things You have to let be lost Some battles, some battles You have to leave unfought. Then the truth just wastes away In all we dare not say. And in all we can't explain But I faithfully remain.

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

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.

They say time will make all this go away. But it's time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.

I'm more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I'm not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.

My choice is what I choose to be.

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!

The woman in you is the worry in me.

There's no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.

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

The lifetime we've left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can't be wrong enough and I can't hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.

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

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.

I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.

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.

We're always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.

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.

Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you're alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.

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.

Children come running to the truth But you've got to peel the skin to get the fruit And while one's living high another's grieving But what's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening Oh - What's sweet by morning is bitter by the evening.

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.

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.

To go through this life and see it through - what it really is - and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.

There's so much there, there's so much to heal for.

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

We've changed our reflections, but inside we're just a child.

I don't know how to not become every person I walk by.