I don’t fool with a lot of things that I can’t have fun with. There’s not much reward in that. — Levon Helm
Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it’s hard for me to resist. — Levon Helm
I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades. — Levon Helm
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
The band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played. — Levon Helm
The jungle bush beaters didn’t last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did. — Levon Helm
The band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums. — Levon Helm
If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you. — Levon Helm
You can either make it come around or you can’t. By the time we would be ready to record a song — Levon Helm
With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house. — Levon Helm
When the second record came out, they started calling it the band. I voted to call it the crackers. I’m no fool. — Levon Helm