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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: 54
Born: 1969
Born: October 28
Guitarist
Record Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
Pomona
California
Benjamin Chase Harper
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