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.
More Quotes from 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
Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.
Levon Helm
There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play.
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.
Levon Helm
We all love musical architecture; there's no doubt about that.
Levon Helm
The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did.
Levon Helm
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Keywords: handshakingThe truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.
George Steinbrenner
If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.
Sarah Fielding