Quotes By Levon Helm

I like walking on the edge.

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.

My dad and I played music. He teaches me a song or two every time I'm home.

With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house.

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.

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

I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.