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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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I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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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 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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You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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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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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You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
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My head works in music, so there's always music there.
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Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
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When you have everything, you have everything to lose.
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What enables me to believe in anything is hope.
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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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You can't just say 'I love you,' you have to live 'I love you.'
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Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it
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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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