Song Quotes by Jesse Harris

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

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

I love having other people sing my songs.

— Jesse Harris

I like playing in other projects.

— Jesse Harris

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

— 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…

— Jesse Harris

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…

— Jesse Harris