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 intention, and they're as far apart as Heaven and Hell.

Quote by Ben Harper

Topics: God Quotes, Heaven Quotes, Music Quotes, Reality Quotes

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs...

We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs...

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

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

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

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

As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any...

As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any...

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

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

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

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

That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause...

That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause...

But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never...

But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never...

Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy...

Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy...

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just...

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just...

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

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

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

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

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause...

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

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

I just want to keep doing what I feel.

I just want to keep doing what I feel.

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

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

If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or...

If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or...

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

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