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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.

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
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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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I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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There's so much there, there's so much to heal for.
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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.
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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it's recorded.
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But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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You can't just say 'I love you,' you have to live 'I love you.'
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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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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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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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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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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.
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Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it
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Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.
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My head works in music, so there's always music there.
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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.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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I'm really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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