American - Musician | October 28, 1969 -
I really feel like the sky is the limit with the Innocent Criminals today.
Ben Harper
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I love being on the road, I love playing.
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I just want to keep doing what I feel.
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I grew up listening to spiritual music, Blind Willie Johnson and folk.
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I get diminishing returns when I bore myself in an interview.
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Folk is bare bones music.
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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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As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.
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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.
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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.
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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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