Levon Helm Quotes


36 Levon Helm quotes:



"You can either make it come around or you can't. By the time we would be ready to record a song, we would know for sure that it was the best way we could do it."
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"With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house."
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"When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool."
Author: Helm Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes
"Well, somebody's got to sing. They won't hire you unless you sing."
Author: Helm Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes
"We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life."
Author: Helm Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes
"We all love musical architecture; there's no doubt about that."
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"There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play."
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"The way to do it is to put as much life into the song as I can. You can either get it to breathe or you can't."
Author: Helm Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes
"The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played."
Author: Helm Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes
"The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did."
Author: Helm Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes
"The crowd is just as important as the group. It takes everything to make it work."
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"The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums."
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"My dad and I played music. He teaches me a song or two every time I'm home."
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"Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it."
Author: Helm Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes
"If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out."
Author: Helm Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes
"If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you."
Author: Helm Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes
"If you feel like you're getting into a rut with a song, a night off usually fixes it."
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"If things are going slow, I'm itchy."
Author: Helm Quotes Category: American Musician Quotes
"I've had all the lessons I could get. I've learned from everybody I've ever met."
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"I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades."
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