All my writing takes place during the recording of the master tapes. I never do have songs when I start up an album. I actually write them while I record. Leon Russell Read Quote
I make records all the time. But making records is not quite the same as getting them to the audience. Leon Russell Read Quote
I used to write on pads with a pen but had trouble reading the words the next day. Years later, Bob Dylan taught me to just write and write on a laptop computer. Then I’d print that out. When it was time to write a song, I’d go through the pages and sing melodies to words that moved me. Leon Russell Read Quote
The Pentecostals had horns, drums, guitars, huge choirs, and screaming and dancing and all kinds of stuff. That was for me. Leon Russell Read Quote
The doctor who pulled me out at birth damaged my second and third vertebrae. But without those tugs, I probably would have been a regular guy selling insurance in Texas or something. Leon Russell Read Quote
It’s kind of depressing to make a lot of records and not get the kind of response they deserve. Leon Russell Read Quote
Watching yourself on film, if you’ve never watched yourself on film before, you want to go crawl into bed and stay there for a week. Leon Russell Read Quote
I’m always having people come up to me and say I saved their life – but I don’t remember it! Leon Russell Read Quote
I started writing rather late in the game. I was fascinated about the story about how Bob Dylan, for ‘Nashville Skyline,’ wrote between takes. So I’d try to sing new songs off the top of my head. I had rather less than spectacular success on that. But a lot of my songs were done that way. Leon Russell Read Quote
