Leon Redbone Quotes
- I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them…
- The blues ain't nothing but a good man feelin' bad.
- Who told you I was a musician?
- 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…
- 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,…
- It can even be a single note which defines the entire song.
- What I do and what I record only work for the moment.
- 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, very…
- The only thing that interests me is history - reviewing the past and making something out of it.
- Lonesome. Lonesome. I know what it means. Here all by my lonesome, dreaming empty dreams. Weary. Weary at the close of day, wondering if tomorrow…
- I'm sad and blue, about nobody but you. I told you that I loved you right from the start, you told me the same and…
- If I had mastered the Spanish language to any extent, I might have gone in that direction.
- I would like to speak 10 languages.
- Other musicians are basically personalities who want to make a name for themselves. All I do is sing old songs in the best way I…
- I have a visual sense for the music. It has to stay true to a certain sense of period. I rely on a sense of…
- I tend to notice work.
- Home is where you hang your hat.