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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
Ben Harper
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Ben Harper
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 28
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Singer-Songwriter
Pomona
California
Benjamin Chase Harper
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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.
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The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
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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.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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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.
Ben Harper
I've never made a record that didn't sound better than what was in my head - that's sort of my rule.
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If you're gonna live, then live it up.
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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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I'm really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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There's no love like a lost love and no pain like a broken heart.
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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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Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
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You have to do what you believe in.
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It's so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away
Ben Harper
My choice is what I choose to do and if I'm causing no harm it shouldn't bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be and if you're causin' no harm, then your alright with me.
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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
Ben Harper
I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
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