80 Quotes by Levon Helm

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

I don’t hear record companies coming up with any good ideas or suggestions. Historically, if it ain’t their idea, it ain’t no good, so you got that to contend with.

Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it’s hard for me to resist.

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

For me personally, though, the killer was published in Rolling Stone: “Levon Helm is the only drummer that can make you cry.

I’ve had all the lessons I could get. I’ve learned from everybody I’ve ever met.

We live in an age of miracles.