Quotes by Stefon Harris

Stefon Harris

Being at home with my family always inspires me. I find it hard to be inspired when I’m on the move. I’m not creative when I’m jet-lagged and sleeping in strange hotels.

Home

Moving

Sleep

Every ‘mistake’ is an opportunity in jazz.

Jazz

Mistake

Opportunity

I don’t really see huge barriers between any styles of music.

Barriers

Huge

Style

I don’t really see huge barriers between any styles of music. My definition of music is “organizing sound and silence into emotion,” and that’s a very broad definition.

Emotion

Silence

Style

I grew in the inner city, listening to Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Commodores – lots of soul music.

Cities

Listening

Soul

I listen to a lot of singers, because I find phrasing to be one of the most essential elements of playing.

Elements

Essentials

Singers

I love Amsterdam. The city is vibrant and alive. It’s fresh and so open. It’s definitely one of my favorite places.

Alive

Cities

Favorite Places

I taught myself to read music at a very young age, so when I started to take lessons in school, the teachers used to give me other instruments to keep me busy, because I was more advanced than the other kids.

Kids

School

Teacher

I think it all comes back to the individual. My instrument’s just a pile of metal and wood! If you listen to the way I speak I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I’m playing my instrument that concept comes through very clearly. In fact some people who’ve seen me play have noticed that I’m singing – but it’s more that I’m actually speaking. So it’s not really about the instrument. But for me, in my thinking, the music is all about the melody. When I compose, 99 percent of the time I start with the melody.

People

Singing

Thinking

I think when you look back at the different eras in jazz, what leads from one to another is never a melodic revolution, but a rhythmic revolution.

Different

Revolution

Thinking

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Adamant

Alive

Art

Barcelona

Barriers

Cities

Creativity

Different

Drummer

Elements

Emotion

Emotional

Energy

Essentials

Favorite Places

Flow

God

Great Food

Heart

Home

Huge

Influence

Inspired

Jazz

Kids

Listening

Making Time

Massage

Micromanaging

Miles

Mistake

Moments

Moving

Musician

Opportunity

Past

People

Revolution

School

Silence

Singers

Singing

Sleep

Soul

Speak

Special

Style

Teacher

Thinking

Trying

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Quotes by Stefon Harris

Stefon Harris

Being at home with my family always inspires me. I find it hard to be inspired when I’m on the move. I’m not creative when I’m jet-lagged and sleeping in strange hotels.

Every ‘mistake’ is an opportunity in jazz.

I don’t really see huge barriers between any styles of music.

I don’t really see huge barriers between any styles of music. My definition of music is “organizing sound and silence into emotion,” and that’s a very broad definition.

I grew in the inner city, listening to Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, The Commodores – lots of soul music.

I listen to a lot of singers, because I find phrasing to be one of the most essential elements of playing.

I love Amsterdam. The city is vibrant and alive. It’s fresh and so open. It’s definitely one of my favorite places.

I taught myself to read music at a very young age, so when I started to take lessons in school, the teachers used to give me other instruments to keep me busy, because I was more advanced than the other kids.

I think when you look back at the different eras in jazz, what leads from one to another is never a melodic revolution, but a rhythmic revolution.

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