Ben Harper
Ben Harper
Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harperis an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve regular studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records and has toured internationally. Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner as well, winning awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album, in 2005. He also won a Grammy for Best...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBlues Singer
Date of Birth28 October 1969
CityPomona, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
There's only one proper way a song should go, but you've got to be patient enough to let them come together time wise. Sometimes it's lightning in a bottle and you got the song. But oftentimes it shows up.
Just because you have a hit doesn't mean you're good [at music]. Just means you got a hit.
As a songwriter, I don't rush. I may sit on lyrics for two years before the music hits.
I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.
Take my hand when you are worried Take my hand when you're alone Take my hand and let me guide you Take my hand to lead you home.
You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life.
I'm really looking forward to, not more of the same, but a continual growth.
I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.
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.
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.
You can kill a lot of time if you really want to put your mind to it Or leave it all behind and never really have to go through it
I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
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.