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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.

Ben Harper

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Ben Harper
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 28
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Pomona
California
Benjamin Chase Harper
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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 can't not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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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 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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There's something in everyone only they know.
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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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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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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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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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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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