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’ve always thought it was easier for girls to sing harmonies because their voices can go to that higher plane so much more easy than a male voice. – Levon Helm
I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades. – Levon Helm
Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better. – Levon Helm
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
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. – Levon Helm
I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They’ve been really nice to me and The Band. – Levon Helm
Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian. – Levon Helm
By the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn’t a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life. – 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. – Levon Helm
Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times. – Levon Helm
I never subscribe to the stay-at-home policy. I’m not sick of the road or sick of eating in good restaurants around the country. I like to travel. – Levon Helm
If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you. – Levon Helm
