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
In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you're traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There's just one can set you free.
I don't kid myself in thinking that I'm on the front lines. I know the people who are on the front lines. I mean there are people in some freakin' significant places making on-the-ground social front line change. I've marched. I've put feet on the ground for what I believe and what I'm against with no compromise. And there are people who are risking a whole hell of a lot more than me to make change, that's for damn sure.
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.
Now that you've grown up You can finally learn to be a child We made it to the end of the world But we'll never make it out alive.
Don't be discouraged by writer's block. Writer's block just means you need to listen to other music.
I want to try to be who I am today, not who I was yesterday.
Sometimes I feel I know strangers Better than I know my friends Why must a beginning Be the means to an end? The stones from my enemies These wounds will mend But I cannot survive The roses from my friends.
I'm a living sunset, lightning in my bones.
I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.
Life's the longest picture you're ever gonna take.
Every man's actions belong to him.
If you're gonna live, then live it up.
There's no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?
I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.