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I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.

Ben Harper

Don’t let what you have to heal from blind you to how much there is to heal for.
BEN HARPER

Blind Heal
Folk is bare bones music.
BEN HARPER

Bare Bones Folks
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
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
Just because you have a hit doesn’t mean you’re good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
BEN HARPER

Good Hit Mean Music
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
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
If I’m inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
BEN HARPER

Inspire Inspired Play
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
I just want to keep doing what I feel.
BEN HARPER

Doing Feels Want
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

Band Records Song
We’re always moving forward in different places physically and psychologically.
BEN HARPER

Different Moving Moving Forward
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
You can’t just say ‘I love you,’ you have to live ‘I love you.’
BEN HARPER

Emotion Express Feel Live Love Say
I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
BEN HARPER

Criminals Sky Today

I’m really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.

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