Levon Helm Quotes - Page 2

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• Drums usually seem to tune themselves.

  Levon Helm

  Tunes, Seems

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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.

  Levon Helm

  Nice, People, Yamaha

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• By the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn't a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life.

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  Band, Thrill, Lasts

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• Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.

  Levon Helm

  Mom, Dad, Doctors

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• 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.

  Levon Helm

  Stars, Rocks, Band

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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.

  Levon Helm

  Song, Errors, Play

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• 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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  Jobs, Son, Musician

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• Forever Young, by Dylan, is one of my favorite songs.

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  Song, Forever, My Favorite

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• I love horns, and the bigger the band, the better it sounds to my ear.

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  Horny, Sound, Band

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• My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school.

  Levon Helm

  Smart, School, Parent

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• If you feel like you're getting into a rut with a song, a night off usually fixes it.

  Levon Helm

  Song, Night, Ruts

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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.

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  Band, Calling, Records

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• I like walking on the edge.

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  Journey, Hiking, Sauntering

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• The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did.

  Levon Helm

  Long, Groups, Lasts

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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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  Distance, Crowds, Ifs

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• The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums.

  Levon Helm

  Albums, Band, Bigs

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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.

  Levon Helm

  Country, Travel, Home

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• My dad and I played music. He teaches me a song or two every time I'm home.

  Levon Helm

  Song, Dad, Home

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• 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.

  Levon Helm

  Song, Would Be, Records

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