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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.

Ben Harper

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
My head works in music, so there’s always music there.
BEN HARPER

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

Blind Heal
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 woman in you is the worry in me.
BEN HARPER

Evil Misogyny Worry
I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
BEN HARPER

Today Trying Yesterday
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.
BEN HARPER

Color Heart Music
My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
BEN HARPER

Around Skateboard Travelling World
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
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
There’s so much there, there’s so much to heal for.
BEN HARPER

Feel Heal Much Touch
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.
BEN HARPER

Crush Song Writing
I can’t not put myself in the shoes of every person I pass.
BEN HARPER

Myself Pass Persons Shoes
When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room.
BEN HARPER

Grace Room Singing
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

You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.

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You can run away from home But you can’t run away from your pain I sit here alone There’s always someone else to blame.

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