Jesse Harris Professions : Singer-songwriter Born : October 24, 1969 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Jesse Harris 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. Jesse Harris guitar play song Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was Romeo & Juliet? How long were they together? A few days. Jesse Harris famous-love together long I like playing in other projects. Jesse Harris projects If somebody sings a song that I wrote, I feel like its a nice point of validation for the song, because it shows that the song is able to stand on its own. I like that. Jesse Harris validation nice song When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life. Jesse Harris tunes writing hands I love having other people sing my songs. Jesse Harris song people 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. Jesse Harris you sparkle singing luck Neil Young does throw in a major seven chord here and there, so if you're a new guitar player learning Neil Young songs, you'll learn some seven chords, and some different positions. Nothing too complicated, just enough to kind of open up your knowledge a little bit. Jesse Harris you guitar learning knowledge 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 done. Jesse Harris you done song sometimes 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, like Gilberto Gil. I discovered his music recently when I was in Brazil. Jesse Harris down influence music life Richard Julian was the one who told me to check out Cartola. Telling someone to check out Cartola is like telling someone to check out Tony Bennett, you know. Jesse Harris someone know me you 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. Jesse Harris within make go done To be honest, making albums is really never easy. It's always a bit excruciating because there's always this fight to make it great, and then you hit these stumbling blocks along the way. Jesse Harris fight great you way 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 probably produced that many records for other artists, and then I've probably played on, or been a large part of another eleven records with other people. Jesse Harris something own my-own people 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 them. Jesse Harris deep down my-own past 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 hear it at a wedding or at an airport... it's fun! Jesse Harris you wedding singing song Similar Authors Bill Anderson singer-songwriter Bill Kaulitz singer-songwriter Bob Whitlock singer-songwriter Bob Weir singer-songwriter Brent Smith singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie singer-songwriter All Authors
