My dad and I played music. He teaches me a song or two every time I'm home. — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you. — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
The way to do it is to put as much life into the song as I can. You can either get it… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play. — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool. — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
If you feel like you're getting into a rut with a song, a night off usually fixes it. — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
I don't hear record companies coming up with any good ideas or suggestions. Historically, if it ain't their idea, it ain't no… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
You can either make it come around or you can't. By the time we would be ready to record a song, we… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
The power of music just kinda kills all those ills; it cures everything and you’ve got more energy just from the music.… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
Songs don't wear out. Good songs are good now. If they were a comfort during those hard times in the past, they'll… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it's hard for me to resist. — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
I don't hear record companies coming up with any good ideas or suggestions. Historically, if it ain't their idea, it ain't no good, so… — Levon Helm Copy Share
The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we… — Levon Helm Copy Share
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… — Levon Helm Copy Share
I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades. — Levon Helm Copy Share
The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did. — Levon Helm Copy Share
If you feel like you're getting into a rut with a song, a night off usually fixes it. — Levon Helm Copy Share
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… — Levon Helm Copy Share
New York, it was an adult portion. It was an adult dose. So it took a couple of trips to get into it. You… — Levon Helm Copy Share
