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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.

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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Existence
Hope
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A candle throws its light into the darkness, in a nasty world so shines a good deed. Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
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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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Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.
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Don't be discouraged by writer's block. Writer's block just means you need to listen to other music.
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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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Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it
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The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no name Got an eleventh hour Jesus and a mouth full of blame A casket lined with silver dollars and a number with no name.
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I'm a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
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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.
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Every single time I step into the studio, I say, 'Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?' I suppose there's a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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They say time will make all this go away. But it's time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays.
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Distance is temporary, but our love is permanent. This may be the last time I see you, but if you keep me in your heart, together we shall be eternal if you believe, we shall never part.
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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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Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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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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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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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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Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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