Body Quote by Leon Russell

California always struck me as a police state.

— Leon Russell

For years, when I was popular, I would face the blank page to write, and I couldn't think of anything that I thought was…

— Leon Russell

I studied classical music for a long time, maybe 10 years, and I realized finally I was never going to have the hands to…

— Leon Russell

I'm just concerned with going about my business and making the records I want to make.

— Leon Russell

I've always felt I struck out with Doris Day. Her son, Terry Melcher, was a producer I worked for at Columbia, and one day,…

— Leon Russell

I'm happy to have a job. I play a little, write a little, perform some. It's not like it's an engineered, well-manufactured plan or…

— Leon Russell

I started out playing 'Chopsticks.'

— Leon Russell

Oklahoma was a dry state, and consequently, there was no liquor laws. And I was able to take advantage of that by playing in…

— Leon Russell

I would have to say Sam Cooke is the one I admired most. His artistry and vocal, just the way he did it.

— Leon Russell

I was always trying to write standards, songs that anybody can sing. I figured that's where the money was.

— Leon Russell

I'm kind of the Forrest Gump of rock n' roll.

— Leon Russell

I have a certain amount of difficulty dealing with too much limelight.

— Leon Russell