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The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.

Ben Harper

All that we can’t say is all we need to hear.
BEN HARPER

Empathy Humanity Needs
When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
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Grace Room Singing
Sometimes I may be totally arrogant, sometimes I may totally be the most humble guy you’ve ever met, sometimes I may be in between. But that’s life. Who isn’t like that? What’s the big deal if I had an arrogant moment.
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Arrogant Guy Humble
I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
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Continual Growth Growth Looking Forward
I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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Criminals Sky Today
We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.
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Cream Crop Crops Shows
There’s no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
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God Rooms Separation
Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
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Blessing First Trying
People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
BEN HARPER

People Spiritual Trying
Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can’t do that!
BEN HARPER

Hands Mean Reality
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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Enemy Mean Rose
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.
BEN HARPER

Ideas Stronger Ties
As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
BEN HARPER

Ethics Long Moral
Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
BEN HARPER

Bottle Lightning Often Show Sometimes Time
If you don’t like my fire, then don’t come around. Cause I’m gonna burn one down.
BEN HARPER

Causes Fire Philosophy
As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
BEN HARPER

May Music Two Years

The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.

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The advice I have for new artists is this – write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.

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