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As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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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Life is short and if you're looking for extension, you had best do well. 'Cause there's good deeds and then there's good intentions. They are as far apart as Heaven and Hell.
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Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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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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