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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.

Ben Harper

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Ben Harper
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 28
Guitarist
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Pomona
California
Benjamin Chase Harper
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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 can't just say 'I love you,' you have to live 'I love you.'
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Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one's own self-obsession.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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I'm more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I'm not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.
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It was a huge deal, a huge musical discovery that became life lessons learned. You can't return from having an experience like that. The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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The spirit is what guides my life, and I'm humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it's something to be lived.
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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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My head works in music, so there's always music there.
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I'm really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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We've changed our reflections, but inside we're just a child.
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