Eddie Harris Quotes

United States, Jazz Musician
October 20, 1934 – November, 5, 1996.

Eddie Harris was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His best-known compositions are "Freedom Jazz Dance", recorded and popularized by Miles Davis in 1966, and "Listen Here."

Reimbursement may be sometimes small, but then great ability can never be measured by the tickets at the gate.

Eddie Harris
- Ability
- Measured
- Gate
No one remembers you for standing in the crowd . But they do remember you for standing out of it.

Eddie Harris
- Crowd
- Standing
- Remembers

Brian Auger is a superb technician on his instrument, but he also plays with feeling that is a rarity. I am looking forward in recording with him in the near future.

Eddie Harris
The sooner you step away from your comfort zone, the sooner you'll realize that it wasn't really all that comfortable.

Eddie Harris
It takes a dream to get started, desire to keep going, and determination to finish.

Eddie Harris
Vagisil. Any one of them will give you another two to three inches drop on your curve ball. Of course if the umps are watching me real close I'll rub a little jalapeno up my nose, get it runnin', and if I need to load the ball up I just... (wipes his nose)

Eddie Harris
- Ball
- Watching
- Nose
If you believe, you will. If you don't, you won't.

Eddie Harris
- Believe
- Will