Songwriting was very tough for me... I would go in and sit and hope for inspiration to come, and it was rarely… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I would have to say Sam Cooke is the one I admired most. His artistry and vocal, just the way he did… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
Actually, I didn't listen to country music very much in Oklahoma. I listened to blues and rock n' roll. — Leon Russell Blues Copy Share Image
When you play with another piano player, it's just second nature to play the parts that need to be played. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
Karen Carpenter was just a singularly amazing singer. There was just not anybody like her. — Leon Russell Amazing Copy Share Image
When I say I don't get involved in politics, I merely mean that I don't talk to reporters about it. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I like that old style of country music - it seems to me that a lot of the modern country music is… — Leon Russell Country Copy Share Image
I've grown up on Bob Dylan and all that, but there was a certain standard set up by people before 1955. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I started writing rather late in the game. I was fascinated about the story about how Bob Dylan, for 'Nashville Skyline,' wrote… — Leon Russell Game Copy Share Image
I don't think there's any danger of me playing Indian music. However, I did a song of George Harrison's 'Beware of Darkness'… — Leon Russell Amazing Copy Share Image
I belonged to the Columbia Record Club, and that's where my records came from. For some reason, I was in the 'jazz'… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I had two parts of my body: my left side, which was strong and somewhat dumb, and the other side was weak… — Leon Russell Body Copy Share Image
I'm not so much of a person for causes, unless I specifically - for instance, if it's my cause, or some poor… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I'm sort of an 'automatic' writer. I'm not much for chiseling away at songs or working at them for days trying to… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I have damaged nerve endings on the right side, so my piano style comes from designing stuff I can play with my… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I've always felt I struck out with Doris Day. Her son, Terry Melcher, was a producer I worked for at Columbia, and… — Leon Russell Animal Copy Share Image
I got this book called 'How to Write the Popular Song.' I read that and went through all the things they suggested,… — Leon Russell Book Copy Share Image
I studied classical music for a long time, maybe 10 years, and I realized finally I was never going to have the… — Leon Russell Classical Copy Share Image
Words have been the most difficult thing for me. Melodies have been the easiest for me; I have more than enough melodies… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
Watching yourself on film, if you've never watched yourself on film before, you want to go crawl into bed and stay there… — Leon Russell Cinema Copy Share Image
For years and years, I would sit in my studio, and I wouldn't have any inspiration. I'd write one or two songs… — Leon Russell Inspiration Copy Share Image
I like the Beatles very much, and there are certain things about the Stones that I like. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
My whole family's been involved with music, and it's been so since the minstrel days. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I was on the road with Jerry Lee Lewis when I was 15 - I can't imagine not doing it. That's what… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I think probably my main advice to new artists is if you want to be in the music business, you need to… — Leon Russell Advice Copy Share Image
Sometimes one misses the sign posts as you're going down the road. They aren't as obvious as they become when you get… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I make records all the time. But making records is not quite the same as getting them to the audience. — Leon Russell Audience Copy Share Image
I didn't start out to become famous, so when it disappeared, I thought, well, that happens sometimes. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
It's like, baseball is a very good game, but it's very difficult to explain to somebody, if you stop and think about… — Leon Russell Baseball Copy Share Image
I'm just concerned with going about my business and making the records I want to make. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
One of the features of being a piano player is playing as an accompanist for other people. — Leon Russell Being Copy Share Image
I'm not as aware of categories in music as some people are. To me it's just music. I'm interested in all kinds… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I love you in a place where there's no space or time I love you for my life 'cause you're a friend… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
It's kind of depressing to make a lot of records and not get the kind of response they deserve. — Leon Russell Depressing Copy Share Image
When I was born, I had a birth injury in my second and third vertebrae. It gave me what they called spastic… — Leon Russell Birth Copy Share Image
I was always trying to write standards, songs that anybody can sing. I figured that's where the money was. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
For years, when I was popular, I would face the blank page to write, and I couldn't think of anything that I… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
I used to write on pads with a pen but had trouble reading the words the next day. Years later, Bob Dylan… — Leon Russell Day Copy Share Image
Oklahoma was a dry state, and consequently, there was no liquor laws. And I was able to take advantage of that by… — Leon Russell Age Copy Share Image
I'm happy to have a job. I play a little, write a little, perform some. It's not like it's an engineered, well-manufactured… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
