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Sometimes it’s lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.

Ben Harper

I’ve never made a record that didn’t sound better than what was in my head – that’s sort of my rule.
BEN HARPER

Made Records Sound
My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center.
BEN HARPER

Country Family Own Stores
I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.
BEN HARPER

Children Try Want Young
Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one’s own self-obsession.
BEN HARPER

Firsts Obsession Self
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.
BEN HARPER

Being Free Guitar Regardless Spiritual
I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
BEN HARPER

Heaven Hell People
I just want to keep doing what I feel.
BEN HARPER

Doing Feels Want
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 woman in you is the worry in me.
BEN HARPER

Evil Misogyny Worry
You’re definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
BEN HARPER

Different Person Stage
I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
BEN HARPER

Myself Pass Persons Shoes
Life’s the longest picture you’re ever gonna take.
BEN HARPER

Life Longest Picture Take
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.
BEN HARPER

Loathing Self Steps Suppose
The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
BEN HARPER

Boys Heritage Musical
I really feel there’s no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That’s an empowering feeling – that we can bring a song to life.
BEN HARPER

Empowering Feelings Song

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