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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

The woman in you is the worry in me.
BEN HARPER

Evil Misogyny Worry
Could’ve sworn I heard you say Amen this morning, showing some kind of sign that you believe. Did it fall from your tongue without warning? Or just another trick to fall from your sleeve?
BEN HARPER

Believe Fall Morning
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
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.
BEN HARPER

Cream Crop Crops Shows
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
I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
BEN HARPER

Blind Listening Spiritual
As long as someone else controls your history the truth shall remain just a mystery
BEN HARPER

Ethics Long Moral
With so many people to love in my life, why do I worry about one?
BEN HARPER

People Question Unanswered Worry
I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
BEN HARPER

Criminals Sky Today
You have to do what you believe in.
BEN HARPER

Believe Self Love Trust
As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
BEN HARPER

Song Strong Thinking
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
Try it first And you’ll see its a blessing And it’s not a curse
BEN HARPER

Blessing First Trying
I grew up with the Blind Boys’ music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.
BEN HARPER

Boys California Kind
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.
BEN HARPER

Boys Discovery Lesson Life
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

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.

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