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… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
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… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was 'Romeo & Juliet'? How long were they together? A… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
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… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
Richard Julian was the one who told me to check out Cartola. Telling someone to check out Cartola is like telling someone to check… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
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… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
Sometimes a song indicates that it wants to be about a certain thing. And then if you write it, you find that it is… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
If somebody sings a song that I wrote, I feel like its a nice point of validation for the song, because it shows that… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
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… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
