80 Quotes by Levon Helm

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

If you feel like you're getting into a rut with a song, a night off usually fixes it.

When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool.

I don't think I'm a millionaire, but I'm comfortable.

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.

The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did.

Songs don't wear out. Good songs are good now. If they were a comfort during those hard times in the past, they'll be a comfort in today's age.

I love horns, and the bigger the band, the better it sounds to my ear.

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.