Ben Harper

My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. ↗

— Ben Harper

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My head works in music, so there's always music there. ↗

— Ben Harper

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Right now I'm listening to a lot of different things but I listen to a lot of classical music. Eventually I would like to compose and perform classical. ↗

— Ben Harper

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So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention. ↗

— Ben Harper

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Sometimes I think to talk too much about music almost cheapens it. ↗

— Ben Harper

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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

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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

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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. ↗

— Ben Harper

#closer #craft #doing #ever #feel

The only way that you can find any semblance of a rule, or make any semblance of your own rule, is to tear up the rulebook. Throw it out, burn it, throw it away, and make your own rules. ↗

— Ben Harper

#away #burn #find #make #only

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

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