I didn't start out to become famous, so when it disappeared, I thought, well, that happens sometimes. — Leon Russell Famous Copy Share Image
I often haven't heard the music since I've recorded it. I don't listen to it. When I do hear it, like at… — Leon Russell Grass Copy Share Image
I have damaged nerve endings on the right side, so my piano style comes from designing stuff I can play with my… — Leon Russell Endings Copy Share Image
I was playing with George Harrison one time, and George loves takes. This song was up to Take 160. I said, 'George,… — Leon Russell Crazy Copy Share Image
Words have been the most difficult thing for me. Melodies have been the easiest for me; I have more than enough melodies… — Leon Russell Difficult Copy Share Image
I am not aware of my public image or what people think of me. I don't evaluate myself that way. — Leon Russell I am Copy Share Image
Apparently I was a Billboard top touring act of 1973, but nobody told me. — Leon Russell Act Copy Share Image
One of the features of being a piano player is playing as an accompanist for other people. — Leon Russell Being Copy Share Image
The doctor who pulled me out at birth damaged my second and third vertebrae. But without those tugs, I probably would have… — Leon Russell Doctor Copy Share Image
My feet are giving out on me. But I have a wheelchair that folds out on my tour bus. I've also got… — Leon Russell Bus Copy Share Image
I think probably my main advice to new artists is if you want to be in the music business, you need to… — Leon Russell Advice Copy Share Image
Songwriting was very tough for me... I would go in and sit and hope for inspiration to come, and it was rarely… — Leon Russell Go Copy Share Image
I'm always having people come up to me and say I saved their life - but I don't remember it! — Leon Russell Always Copy Share Image
I remember reading 'Catcher in the Rye,' but I don't think I got it. — Leon Russell Books Copy Share Image
I'm not as aware of categories in music as some people are. To me it's just music. I'm interested in all kinds… — Leon Russell Aware Copy Share Image
I was with my band at a karaoke bar in Japan when it was very big there, and they got up and… — Leon Russell Band Copy Share Image
My chops have always been sort of weak, because the right side of my body was paralyzed a little bit. It was… — Leon Russell Body Copy Share Image
I love you in a place where there's no space or time I love you for my life 'cause you're a friend… — Leon Russell Causes Copy Share Image
There was a period in my life when I was trying to write standards: songs that everybody recorded. I did a pretty… — Leon Russell Good Copy Share Image
I like that old style of country music - it seems to me that a lot of the modern country music is… — Leon Russell Country Copy Share Image
I got this book called 'How to Write the Popular Song.' I read that and went through all the things they suggested,… — Leon Russell Book Copy Share Image
For a couple of years, I'd work from 6 to 11 P.M., then 1 to 5 A.M., and then got up and… — Leon Russell Experience Copy Share Image
I've grown up on Bob Dylan and all that, but there was a certain standard set up by people before 1955. — Leon Russell Before Copy Share Image
