Levon Helm Quotes

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Levon Helm

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 26, 1940

We all love musical architecture; there's no doubt about that.

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If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out.

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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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I've had all the lessons I could get. I've learned from everybody I've ever met.

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We live in an age of miracles.

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Drums usually seem to tune themselves.

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Don't we all want what's best for each other?

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Songs don't wear out. Good songs are good now. If they were a comfort during those hard times in the past, they'll be a comfort in today's age.

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Good times don't last long sometimes.

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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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If things are going slow, I'm itchy.

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

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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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If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

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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.

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

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Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.

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

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