Ben Harper Song Quotations

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.

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.

I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That's an empowering feeling - that we can bring a song to life.

There's only one proper way a song should go, but you've got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise. Sometimes it's lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.

My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better then it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better then how it's recorded.

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.

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.