I'm always having people come up to me and say I saved their life - but I don't remember it! — 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 thought was… — Leon Russell 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 hands to… — Leon Russell 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
I've always felt I struck out with Doris Day. Her son, Terry Melcher, was a producer I worked for at Columbia, and one day,… — Leon Russell 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 plan or… — Leon Russell 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 playing in… — 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 it. — Leon Russell 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
I have a certain amount of difficulty dealing with too much limelight. — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
