Author: Leon Redbone

Quotes

I extract what I consider the best material from different sources. But often the material I perform comes from a very strange location in history, which are minstrel shows.

I extract what I consider the best material from different sources. But often the material I perform comes from a very strange location in history, which are minstrel shows.

- Leon Redbone

I don't think music should be played anywhere near politics. The two don't go together.

I don't think music should be played anywhere near politics. The two don't go together.

- Leon Redbone

Lonesome. Lonesome. I know what it means. Here all by my lonesome, dreaming empty dreams. Weary. Weary at the close of day, wondering if tomorrow brings me joy or sorrow.

Lonesome. Lonesome. I know what it means. Here all by my lonesome, dreaming empty dreams. Weary. Weary at the close of day, wondering if tomorrow brings me joy or sorrow.

- Leon Redbone

The only thing that interests me is history - reviewing the past and making something out of it.

The only thing that interests me is history - reviewing the past and making something out of it.

- Leon Redbone

Home is where you hang your hat.

Home is where you hang your hat.

- Leon Redbone

Music doesn't really require whether the person's a young person or old person for whatever kind of music it is.

Music doesn't really require whether the person's a young person or old person for whatever kind of music it is.

- Leon Redbone

I tend to notice work.

I tend to notice work.

- Leon Redbone

I have a visual sense for the music. It has to stay true to a certain sense of period. I rely on a sense of colors and mood in my approach to the arrangement.

I have a visual sense for the music. It has to stay true to a certain sense of period. I rely on a sense of colors and mood in my approach to the arrangement.

- Leon Redbone

There's a little Christmas in all of us, I guess. Even in me.

There's a little Christmas in all of us, I guess. Even in me.

- Leon Redbone

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