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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.
Ben Harper
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Ben Harper
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 28
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Benjamin Chase Harper
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