My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school. Levon Helm Read Quote
Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it. Levon Helm Read Quote
The Jungle Bush Beaters didn’t last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did. Levon Helm Read Quote
The way to do it is to put as much life into the song as I can. You can either get it to breathe or you can’t. Levon Helm Read Quote
With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house. Levon Helm Read Quote
You can either make it come around or you can’t. By the time we would be ready to record a song, we would know for sure that it was the best way we could do it. Levon Helm Read Quote
I like to get within handshaking distance of the crowd. If it happens, they know it, we know it, and that’s all we came here for. Levon Helm Read Quote
