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You can't just say 'I love you,' you have to live 'I love you.'

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Ben Harper
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 28
Guitarist
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Pomona
California
Benjamin Chase Harper
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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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If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.
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Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it's done.
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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can't return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one's own self-obsession.
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There's no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal if you believe, we shall never part.
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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.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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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.
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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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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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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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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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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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