Endings must come naturally, you're supposed to let it happen, not just to make it happen like that.

- Barry Harris

There are a lot of things I'm proud of, but the proudest have yet to come.

- Barry Harris

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 lis…

- Barry Harris

The minute you make a mistake - that's improvisation!

- Barry Harris