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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.

Ben Harper

Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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Play Roles Self
It just takes a pebble to bring down a good man.
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Bring Down Good Men Pebble
I don’t know how to not become every person I walk by.
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Become Easy Person Walks
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.
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Jesus Name Number
That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I’m saying, ’cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I’ve ever felt to being spiritual.
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Being Free Guitar Regardless Spiritual
I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
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Girl Liars Names
Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.
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Battle Moral Stories
In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you’re traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There’s just one can set you free.
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Blessed Want Worst
As a songwriter, I don’t rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
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May Music Two Years
As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
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Ethics Long Moral
People who try to define their spirituality sometimes are annoying, ’cause the spirit is something you feel and let guide you and humbly respect.
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People Spiritual Trying
Every single time I step into the studio, I say, ‘Can I still do this? Do I still have it? Have I ever had it?’ I suppose there’s a good amount of self-loathing that goes into any form of artisanship.
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Loathing Self Steps Suppose
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
Folk is bare bones music.
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Bare Bones Folks
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.
BEN HARPER

Arrogant Guy Humble
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

My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.

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My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better than it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better than how it’s recorded.

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