The silence between the notes is the good part for me. I find that to be a very important part of music that is often lacking. — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
Other musicians are basically personalities who want to make a name for themselves. All I do is sing old songs in the best way… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
The only thing that interests me is history - reviewing the past and making something out of it. — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
I think there's a preoccupation with the American market to make excuses and justify its past. If it isn't current, it means somebody has… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
If I had mastered the Spanish language to any extent, I might have gone in that direction. — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
I have a visual sense for the music. It has to stay true to a certain sense of period. I rely on a sense… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in stirring anybody up through music. If you're going to stir people up, it has to be a thought process that… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
I've got a very behind-the-scenes personality. I don't know how I became a performer. I like to stay discreet, out of the public eye,… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
I just do a random roulette wheel version of what I've recorded or sometimes tunes I haven't recorded. It's a collection of whatever happens,… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
If you're not interested in history, if you're living for the day, you need some sort of cliche hook. I certainly don't think of… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
