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> [I extract what I consider the best material from different sources. But often the material I perform comes from a very strange location in history, which are minstrel shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/i-extract-what-i-consider-the-best-material-from-different-sources/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

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## More by Leon Redbone

> [Who told you I was a musician?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/who-told-you-i-was-a-musician/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [What I do and what I record only work for the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/what-i-do-and-what-i-record-only-work-for-the-moment/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [Other musicians are basically personalities who want to make a name for themselves. All I do is sing old songs in the best way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/other-musicians-are-basically-personalities-who-want-to-make-a-name/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [The blues ain't nothing but a good man feelin' bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/the-blues-ain-t-nothing-but-a-good-man-feelin-bad/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [The only thing that interests me is history - reviewing the past and making something out of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/the-only-thing-that-interests-me-is-history-reviewing-the-past-and/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/i-think-there-s-a-preoccupation-with-the-american-market-to-make/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [If I had mastered the Spanish language to any extent, I might have gone in that direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/if-i-had-mastered-the-spanish-language-to-any-extent-i-might-have/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [I have a visual sense for the music. It has to stay true to a certain sense of period. I rely on a sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/i-have-a-visual-sense-for-the-music-it-has-to-stay-true-to-a-certain/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/i-m-not-interested-in-stirring-anybody-up-through-music-if-you-re/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/i-think-of-these-things-as-obstacles-rather-than-opportunities/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [There's a little Christmas in all of us, I guess. Even in me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/there-s-a-little-christmas-in-all-of-us-i-guess-even-in-me/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/i-ve-got-a-very-behind-the-scenes-personality-i-don-t-know-how-i/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/i-just-do-a-random-roulette-wheel-version-of-what-i-ve-recorded-or/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [I don't have a home. I'm on the road, more or less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/i-don-t-have-a-home-i-m-on-the-road-more-or-less/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-redbone/if-you-re-not-interested-in-history-if-you-re-living-for-the-day-you/)

[Leon Redbone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-redbone/)

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