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
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.
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.
If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.
Folk is bare bones music.
I refuse to make uninspired music.
Love for me is my North Star. It's the highest form of grace. And I love that there's different levels and different ways of showing it, and different representations of it. Whether it's love shown to a stranger, love to a sibling, your child, your parents, your partner.
If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.
Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend...