I really am serious abut catfish farming. I'm very interested in aquaculture. — Leon Russell Am Copy Share Image
I had a whole bunch of bad country songs, so I put 'em all on an album. — Leon Russell Album Copy Share Image
I used to play on Phil Spector's records, and he liked to use three pianists. — Leon Russell He Copy Share Image
I started playing in nightclubs when I was about 14 in Oklahoma. — Leon Russell About Copy Share Image
All my writing takes place during the recording of the master tapes. I never do have songs when I start up an… — Leon Russell Master Copy Share Image
The Pentecostals had horns, drums, guitars, huge choirs, and screaming and dancing and all kinds of stuff. That was for me. — Leon Russell Dancing Copy Share Image
I've avoided the press and a lot of stuff that would have made me more visible just because it's not my style. — Leon Russell Fashion Copy Share Image
All the time I had my success, I didn't know what I was doing. I struggled and struggled and hacked things out… — Leon Russell Insight 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
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
When I say I don't get involved in politics, I merely mean that I don't talk to reporters about it. — Leon Russell About 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
I had a band with David Gates. There was just a lot of opportunity at that time. But I left for Los… — Leon Russell Business 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 Club 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
When I was in grade school, I had a little duet act with a guy who was a beautiful singer, and somebody… — Leon Russell Beautiful 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'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 Down and 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 Candidates Copy Share Image
I have a certain amount of difficulty dealing with too much limelight. — Leon Russell Amount 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 Admired 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
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 End 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 Doing 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 Anything 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 Always 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
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
