Barry Harris famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The minute you make a mistake - that's improvisation!
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There are a lot of things I'm proud of, but the proudest have yet to come.
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You have to enjoy playing. The old-timers did, and that's one reason why their music is a lasting music. I feel that I play jazz to entertain the listener, and you just can't do that unless you yourself are entertained at the same time.
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Endings must come naturally, you're supposed to let it happen, not just to make it happen like that.
-- Barry Harris
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Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
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When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake. You can't learn anything from being perfect.
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I wouldn’t trust the best fifteen minutes I ever lived to get me into heaven.
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Because if she let go of her grief even for a minute it would only hit her harder when she bumped into it again.
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The minute you make a mistake - that's improvisation!
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My whole life has been one big improvisation.
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The shortest feedback loop I can think of is doing improvisation in front of an audience.
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To work from nature is to improvise.
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A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation.
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