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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

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Ben Harper
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 28
Guitarist
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Pomona
California
Benjamin Chase Harper
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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.
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If you're gonna live, then live it up. If you're gonna give, then give it up. If you're gonna walk the Earth, then walk it proud. If you're gonna say the word, you got to say it loud.
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The spirit is what guides my life, and I'm humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it's something to be lived.
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It's so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
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As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you're alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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