F. A. Harper Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life.

My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!

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've never made a record that didn't sound better than what was in my head - that's sort of my rule.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

You can run away from home But you can't run away from your pain I sit here alone There's always someone else to blame.

You have to do what you believe in.

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

Try it first And you'll see its a blessing And it's not a curse

I love being on the road, I love playing.

It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.

As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.

No carbs after lunch is one of the hardest (rules) to follow. But if you follow this rule YOU WILL lose weight

I'm tired of good people getting ripped off by diet products that don't work!

If you're wanting something salty, do air-popped popcorn. That, to me, would be a healthier choice than having any kind of fried chip.

You can't be a parent and say, 'I need you to be more active and I need you to eat right,' when you're still choosing to have poor eating habits.

Capital formation is the greatest charity of all.

Trying to find my way around the Rayburn building is always a challenge. Combining my poor sense of direction with a confusing design is not good.

Don't you study about other folks's business till you take care of your own.

...in other words, all I want to be is the Jane Austen of south Alabama Interview - March 1964

I do my best to love everybody

Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings.

Havin' a gun around's an invitation to somebody to shoot you.

As I made my way home, I thought Jem and I would get grown but there wasn't much else for us to learn, except possibly algebra.

My book had a universal theme. It's not a "racial" novel. It portrays an aspect of civilization, not necessarily Southern civilization.

I don't want to hear any words like that while I'm here. Scout, you'll get in trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow up to be a lady, don't you?' I said not particularly.

Scout, I´m telling you for the last time, shut your trap or go home - I declare to the Lord you´re gettin´ more like a girl every day!” With that, I had no option but to join them.

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.

Never, never, never on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to, was a tenet I absorbed with my baby food. Do it, and you'll often get an answer you don't want.

I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything needs readin' I can do it.

Yeah, that's all," said Dill. "He'll probably come out after you when he sees you in the yard, then Scout'n' me'll jump on him and hold him down till we can tell him we ain't gonna hurt him.

Dill if you don't hush I'll knock you bowlegged.

We said good-bye, and Dill went inside the house. He evidently remembered he was engaged to me, for he ran back out and kissed me swiftly in front of Jem. "Yawl write, hear?" he bawled after us.