Top 48 Quotes by 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.

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.

My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school.

Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian.

We're all dealt with the same hand here, so to speak. I feel like I've had it a lot better than most people. I've had the opportunity to travel and play music all my life.

I don't think I'm a millionaire, but I'm comfortable.

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.

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.

I had throat cancer, and I had to have radiation treatments, and I couldn't sing for a long time; and this was in '97. I had 28 radiation treatments. I didn't die, thank God.

The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums.