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

Life, Good, Best

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.
Ben Harper

Love, Power, Hate

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

Past, Before, Difference

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.
Ben Harper

Yourself, Strong, Long

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.
Ben Harper

Life, Humble, May

I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
Ben Harper

Today, Sky, Innocent

I refuse to make uninspired music.
Ben Harper

Music, Refuse, Uninspired

The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
Ben Harper

American, Blind, Truly

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.
Ben Harper

Rock, Find, Punk

Folk is bare bones music.
Ben Harper

Music, Bones, Folk

I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
Ben Harper

Interview, Bore, Returns

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

Music, Spiritual, Blind

I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
Ben Harper

Music, Diet, American

I just want to keep doing what I feel.
Ben Harper

I love being on the road, I love playing.
Ben Harper

Love, Road, Playing

I refuse to age disgracefully in rock 'n' roll.
Ben Harper

Age, Rock, Refuse

I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.
Ben Harper

House, Bass, Drum

I'm really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
Ben Harper

Forward, Same, Looking

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

Else, Fall, Rise

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

Music, Play, Inspired

My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
Ben Harper

Music, Family, California

My head works in music, so there's always music there.
Ben Harper

Music, Head, Works

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.
Ben Harper

Different, Themselves, Attention

Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it.
Ben Harper

Music, Sometimes, Talk

The advice I have for new artists is this - write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
Ben Harper

Great, Live, Play

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: October 28, 1969

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