Author: Levon Helm

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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.

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

If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

- Levon Helm

If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out.

If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out.

- Levon Helm

You got to pick one - pay your medical bills or pay the mortgage. Most people can't do both, and I'm no different.

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

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

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

- Levon Helm

With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house.

With horns and a full rhythm section, the drums always looked like the best seat in the house.

- Levon Helm

Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.

Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.

- Levon Helm

By the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn't a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life.

By the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn't a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life.

- Levon Helm

Don't we all want what's best for each other?

Don't we all want what's best for each other?

- Levon Helm

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