#w

People think what you are doing is real, on a TV show. ↗

— Mark Harmon

#people #real #show #think #tv

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. ↗

— Ben Harper

#express #express yourself #i #i think #long

If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration. ↗

— Ben Harper

#classical #comes #even #find #going

The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover. ↗

— Ben Harper

#blind #deepest #discover #heritage #musical

You look like gold. I've been fooled before, but now I know I've made the mistake in the past. But now I, now I know the difference from gold and brass. ↗

— Ben Harper

#before #brass #difference #fooled #gold

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. ↗

— Ben Harper

#i #insult #life #love #music

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

#american music #because #blues #cornerstones #diet

I just want to keep doing what I feel. ↗

— Ben Harper

#feel #i #i feel #just #keep

I really feel there's no limitation on what this band can do in the studio or on the stage. That's an empowering feeling - that we can bring a song to life. ↗

— Ben Harper

#bring #empowering #feel #feeling #i

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. ↗

— Ben Harper

#classical music #compose #different #different things #eventually