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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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Pomona
California
Benjamin Chase Harper
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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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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 can't not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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We've changed our reflections, but inside we're just a child.
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You can't just say 'I love you,' you have to live 'I love you.'
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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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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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Don't let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
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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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The music is in the lead here, and a large part of this, I have no idea what I'm doing. I feel a closer bond with the craft of songwriting, stronger than I ever have.
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To go through this life and see it through - what it really is - and not be insane or addicted, is a minor miracle for anyone.
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You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
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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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I refuse to age disgracefully in rock 'n' roll.
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