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It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.

Ben Harper

When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
BEN HARPER

Grace Room Singing
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.
BEN HARPER

Interview Lifetime Men
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.
BEN HARPER

God Knees Thanks
My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
BEN HARPER

Around Skateboard Travelling World
My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
BEN HARPER

Head Music Work
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.
BEN HARPER

Jesus Name Number
People say, “How do you write songs?” I say, “Patience.” I may have a track that’s hot, but no words. I’ll just let it sit for years, because I know they’re going to meet. They’ll find it.
BEN HARPER

Meet Song Writing Years
Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
BEN HARPER

Battle Moral Stories
You look like gold. I’ve been fooled before, but now I know I’ve made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass.
BEN HARPER

Differences Mistakes Past
If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that’s because that’s where I’m going to find inspiration.
BEN HARPER

Inspiration Rocks
The good news is at this point as I get older, the load has gotten heavier but my shoulders have gotten wider because I’ve gotten happier so it’s a damn good thing.
BEN HARPER

Good News Shoulder Things
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option.
BEN HARPER

Alone Art Color Creatively Differences Possible Use
The world awakens on the run And will soon be earning With hopes of better days to come It’s a morning yearning.
BEN HARPER

Morning Running World
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.
BEN HARPER

Funny Heaven Life
I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
BEN HARPER

Myself Pass Persons Shoes
Don’t be discouraged by writer’s block. Writer’s block just means you need to listen to other music.
BEN HARPER

Block Mean Needs

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