I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk. Ben Harper More Quotes by Ben Harper More Quotes From Ben Harper What enables me to believe in anything is hope. Ben Harper believe Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need. Ben Harper fortune needs Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people. Ben Harper music color heart Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence. Ben Harper moral battle stories Don't let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for. Ben Harper heal blind 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 you're alright with me. If you don't like my fire, then don't come around, 'cause I'm gonna burn one down. Yes, I'm gonna burn one down. Herb the gift from the earth, And what's from the earth is of the greatest worth. So before you knock it try it first, Oh, you'll see it's a blessing and not a curse. Ben Harper choices fire blessing It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It's love. Ben Harper magnificent turns As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery Ben Harper ethics moral long 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. Ben Harper differences mistake past Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it's done. Ben Harper discipline knowing writing All that we can't say is all we need to hear. Ben Harper empathy humanity needs Hiding is not an option and you're going to step out and you're going to make mistakes. I'm going to look stupid. I'm going to say things I want to retract. I'm going to sing notes I wish I could have back, there's just no getting around the stumble, but if you stumble enough times you're going to fall off the edge and have no choice but to freakin' fly. Ben Harper stupid mistake fall It's so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away Ben Harper ex-boyfriend break-up sometimes What started as a whisper Ben Harper old-friends dawn darkness I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record. Ben Harper bass records house When your whole world is shaken from all the risks we have taken, Dance with me, dance with me into the colors of the dusk. Ben Harper risk color taken Of all the states of emotion I've ever been in, music takes me to the strongest state of emotion the quickest, of any other sort of state of mind I've ever been in or been put in by any substance or circumstance, music brings me to an emotional state of being faster than anything I've ever known Ben Harper emotional substance mind There's no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart. Ben Harper love relationship life 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. Ben Harper writing song years Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. Ben Harper distance relationship believe
