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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

Music is the last true voice of the human spirit. It can go beyond language, beyond age, and beyond color straight to the mind and heart of all people.
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Color Heart Music
Genetics do play a role in how you consciously or subconsciously manifest your true self.
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Play Roles Self
My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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Around Skateboard Travelling World
But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.
BEN HARPER

Blessing Comeback People
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
We’ve all got stardust in our bones.
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Bones Stardust Stars
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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Crush Song Writing
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.
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Ideas Stronger Ties
I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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Blind Listening Spiritual
It’s not easy for a mother and son to sing a duet. You can’t just sing about anything.
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Anything Duets Mother Son
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
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!
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Hands Mean Reality
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
I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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Heaven Hell People
There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
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Feel Heal Much Touch
I’m not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum ‘n’ bass record.
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Bass House Records

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.

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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.

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