Quotes by Levon Helm

Levon Helm

A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians’ union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son.

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Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better.

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By the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn’t a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life.

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Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times.

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Growing Up

Hero

Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.

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Doctors

Mom

Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.

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Drums usually seem to tune themselves.

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Forever Young, by Dylan, is one of my favorite songs.

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My Favorite

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Good times don’t last long sometimes.

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Long

I don’t fool with a lot of things that I can’t have fun with. There’s not much reward in that.

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Quotes by Levon Helm

Levon Helm

A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians’ union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son.

Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better.

By the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn’t a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life.

Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times.

Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.

Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.

Drums usually seem to tune themselves.

Forever Young, by Dylan, is one of my favorite songs.

Good times don’t last long sometimes.

I don’t fool with a lot of things that I can’t have fun with. There’s not much reward in that.

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