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Leon Russell
Profession : Musician
Birth : April 2, 1942
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I'm kind of the Forrest Gump of rock n' roll.
Leon Russell
I really am serious abut catfish farming. I'm very interested in aquaculture.
Leon Russell
I am not aware of my public image or what people think of me. I don't evaluate myself that way.
Leon Russell
I often haven't heard the music since I've recorded it. I don't listen to it. When I do hear it, like at someone's house, I'll listen. I'm probably the most pleased with the stuff I did with New Grass Revival.
Leon Russell
I'll work as long as I can. I'm happy with my life.
Leon Russell
I make records all the time. But making records is not quite the same as getting them to the audience.
Leon Russell
All my writing takes place during the recording of the master tapes. I never do have songs when I start up an album. I actually write them while I record.
Leon Russell
I started writing rather late in the game. I was fascinated about the story about how Bob Dylan, for 'Nashville Skyline,' wrote between takes. So I'd try to sing new songs off the top of my head. I had rather less than spectacular success on that. But a lot of my songs were done that way.
Leon Russell
Words have been the most difficult thing for me. Melodies have been the easiest for me; I have more than enough melodies to go around.
Leon Russell
I have a certain amount of difficulty dealing with too much limelight.
Leon Russell
I'm always having people come up to me and say I saved their life - but I don't remember it!
Leon Russell
Watching yourself on film, if you've never watched yourself on film before, you want to go crawl into bed and stay there for a week.
Leon Russell
It's kind of depressing to make a lot of records and not get the kind of response they deserve.
Leon Russell
The doctor who pulled me out at birth damaged my second and third vertebrae. But without those tugs, I probably would have been a regular guy selling insurance in Texas or something.
Leon Russell
The Pentecostals had horns, drums, guitars, huge choirs, and screaming and dancing and all kinds of stuff. That was for me.
Leon Russell
I used to write on pads with a pen but had trouble reading the words the next day. Years later, Bob Dylan taught me to just write and write on a laptop computer. Then I'd print that out. When it was time to write a song, I'd go through the pages and sing melodies to words that moved me.
Leon Russell
Actually, I didn't listen to country music very much in Oklahoma. I listened to blues and rock n' roll.
Leon Russell
My first job in a country band was after I moved to California.
Leon Russell
Oklahoma was a dry state, and consequently, there was no liquor laws. And I was able to take advantage of that by playing in nightclubs at the age of 14. It was real handy.
Leon Russell
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