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16 quotes by Jesse Harris

Jesse Harris (born 1969) is a Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter. He has collaborated with several musical artists including Norah Jones, Melody Gardot, Madeleine Peyroux, Nikki Yanofsky, and Lizz Wright.
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When you first start singing something after you've written it, it has this sort of sparkle to it. And if you capture that, that's luck.

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When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life.

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If somebody sings a song that I wrote, I feel like it's a nice point of validation for the song, because it shows that the song is able to stand... →

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If you write a song, and you go into a restaurant, and there's a guy with a piano singing and he's playing piano, singing your song, or you... →

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In the past, I've been a bit diffident about my own albums, almost excusing them for some reason, even though deep down I felt strongly about... →

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I like playing in other projects.

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I love having other people sing my songs.

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I love Neil Young. His songs were the first songs I learned to play, and I recommend anyone who is starting guitar to learn Neil Young songs first.

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I usually make records very quickly. I usually go in and record them and mix them, and I'm done within a couple of weeks.

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Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was 'Romeo & Juliet'? How long were they together? A few... →

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Sometimes a song indicates that it wants to be about a certain thing. And then if you write it, you find that it is about something that you've... →

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Cartola is an artist from Brazil who didn't record until much later in his life, but had a big influence on a lot of famous artists down there... →

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Have I learned something from making records? Yeah, I've learned a lot, because I've not only made eleven of my own records, I've also... →

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