Levon Helm Quotes
36 Levon Helm quotes:
"A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son."
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"Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better."
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"Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times."
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"Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian."
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"Don't we all want what's best for each other?"
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"Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me."
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"Drums usually seem to tune themselves."
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"Forever Young, by Dylan, is one of my favorite songs."
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"Good times don't last long sometimes."
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"I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that."
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"I like to get within handshaking distance of the crowd. If it happens, they know it, we know it, and that's all we came here for."
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"I like walking on the edge."
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"I love horns, and the bigger the band, the better it sounds to my ear."
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"I never subscribe to the stay-at-home policy. I'm not sick of the road or sick of eating in good restaurants around the country. I like to travel."
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"I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band."
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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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"I've had all the lessons I could get. I've learned from everybody I've ever met."
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"If things are going slow, I'm itchy."
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"If you feel like you're getting into a rut with a song, a night off usually fixes it."
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"If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you."
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