Barry Harris quotes
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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.”
-- Barry HarrisSource : Interview with Carla Rupp, www.jazzreview.com. January 29, 2011.
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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.”
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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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“My whole life has been one big improvisation.”
Source : Sara Zarr (2012). “How To Save A Life”, p.152, Usborne Publishing Ltd
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“The shortest feedback loop I can think of is doing improvisation in front of an audience.”
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“A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation.”
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