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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.

Ben Harper

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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
Give
Loud
Live
Gonna
Giving
Walk
Proud
Walks
Word
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Earth

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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.
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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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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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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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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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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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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or leave you with nothing at all. It's the eyes for the blind and legs for the lame. It is the love for hate and pride for shame. That's the power of the gospel.
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Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it
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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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My head works in music, so there's always music there.
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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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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We've changed our reflections, but inside we're just a child.
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It turns out that there is something more magnificent than nature. It's love.
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You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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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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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