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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.

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

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• ‟ I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.

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• ‟ There is a difference between a great producer and somebody who is a big advocate of your music. Just because you're a big advocate for a band doesn't mean you need to be in the studio with them, and at the same time - we don't need to get into this conversation - you can write a hit, but it might not hit.

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

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• ‟ Folk is bare bones music.

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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.

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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.

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

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• ‟ If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

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• ‟ I refuse to make uninspired music.

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• ‟ I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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