Quotes from Levon Helm


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    I don't think I'm a millionaire, but I'm comfortable.


    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.

    Life | Music | Travel


    I like walking on the edge.

    Walking | Edge


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

    Best


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

    Great | Mom | Dad


    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.

    Son | Musicians | Friend


    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.

    Age | Good | Today


    When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool.

    Fool | Band | Call


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

    Time | Good | Group


    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.

    Listen | Song | Turn


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

    Night | Song | Rut


    Good times don't last long sometimes.

    Good | Last


    I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that.

    Fool | Reward


    Drums usually seem to tune themselves.

    Themselves | Seem | Drums


    Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better.

    Drum | Turn | Instrument


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

    Work | Music | Heart


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

    Music | Good | Drums


    If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you.

    Good | Heart | Energy


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

    Music | Help | Whatever


    I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.

    Grades | High | Slowing


       

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