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Levon Helm
Levon Helm
American Musician
Born: May 26, 1940
Died: Apr 19, 2012
Band Good Me Music Song You
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If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out. Levon Helm
Music You Pour Whatever Out Some Wrong Sure Help
If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you. Levon Helm
Good You Heart Song Good Heart Will Energy Give Performance Concentration Play
My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school. Levon Helm
Best Me School Smart Parents High High School Could Scholar Graduate Wanted
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
Fool Band Out Record Voted Call Calling Came Crackers Second Started
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
Good Me Hero Sit Local Our Would Had He Couple Always Up Times Bands Did Wanted While Conway Series Growing Growing Up
Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian. Levon Helm
Mom Great Doctor Lawyer Would Scientist Preferred Dad Humanitarian
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
Good Travel Country Subscribe Sick Restaurants Stay-At-Home Eating Never Road Like Policy Around
The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did. Levon Helm
Time Good Long Good Time Group Too Pretty Pretty Good Had Jungle Did While Bush Last
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
Me Musicians Son Job Gave Took Mine Stay Memphis He Drums Advised Said Friend Get Should Union Set
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
Fool Have Fun Reward Lot Much Fun Things
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
Distance Crowd Like Know Within Came Get Happens Here
I like walking on the edge. Levon Helm
Edge Like Walking
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
Me People Band Nice Too Some Like Drums Yamaha Been Lot Really Played
I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades. Levon Helm
Me School Out High Slowing High School Only Up Get Trying Grades The Only Thing Thing
I've had all the lessons I could get. I've learned from everybody I've ever met. Levon Helm
Met Everybody Could Had Learned Get Lessons Ever
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. Levon Helm
You Song Live Our Trial Trial And Error Recorder Stuff Most Tape Tape Recorder Error Listen Turn Play
My dad and I played music. He teaches me a song or two every time I'm home. Levon Helm
Music Time Home Me Song Every Every Time He Teaches Dad Played Two
The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums. Levon Helm
Big Band Sold Never Tours Concert Really Played Millions Albums Millions And Millions
The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played. Levon Helm
Before Band Attacked Never Stuff Rock Rock Star Came Up Any After Us Show Groupies Star Ever Played
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
Life You Song Way Put Get Either Breathe Much
With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house. Levon Helm
Best Section Horns Like Looked House Drums Always Rhythm Rhythm Section Full Seat
When I was younger, I used to drive up to a bunch of turkeys, roll down the window and say something. They'd all gobble back at once. Levon Helm
Turkeys Drive Down Back Once Say Window Something Up Bunch Roll Younger Used
You got to pick one - pay your medical bills or pay the mortgage. Most people can't do both, and I'm no different. Levon Helm
You People Pay Both Pick Mortgage Most Got Different Your Bills Medical
We live in an age of miracles. Levon Helm
Age Miracles Live
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
Thought Girl Harmonies Easier Easy More Voice Voices Higher Higher Plane Sing Because Always Go Male Than Plane Much

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