“Every time feels like my first time. And I just find that the process of it feeds into one's own self-obsession.”

— Ben Harper

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Ben Harper Interview http://music.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=90631, MusicFix (February 14, 2006).

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singer-songwriter and musician 1969

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