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I like walking on the edge.
Levon Helm
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Levon Helm
Age: 71 †
Born: 1940
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: April 19
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I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.
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I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that.
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The power of music just kinda kills all those ills it cures everything and you’ve got more energy just from the music. And, I’ve never seen it fail. It’s good for ya real good for ya.
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My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school.
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If things are going slow, I'm itchy.
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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.
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My dad and I played music. He teaches me a song or two every time I'm home.
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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.
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The crowd is just as important as the group. It takes everything to make it work.
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Good times don't last long sometimes.
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Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it's hard for me to resist.
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Maybe the greatness we heard in [Richard Manuel]'s voice, that catch in it, came from all that pain. To this day, we don't really know.
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If you feel like you're getting into a rut with a song, a night off usually fixes it.
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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.
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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.
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The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums.
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Anytime I switch to another instrument, I immediately turn it into another kind of drum so that I can understand it better.
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With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house.
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Forever Young, by Dylan, is one of my favorite songs.
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