#d

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

— Levon Helm

#drums #fun #good #good music #just

I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that. ↗

— Levon Helm

#fun #have fun #i #lot #much

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 #friend #gave #get #i

I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades. ↗

— Levon Helm

#grades #high #high school #i #me

When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool. ↗

— Levon Helm

#call #calling #came #crackers #fool

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

— Levon Helm

#doctor #great #humanitarian #i #lawyer

Drums usually seem to tune themselves. ↗

— Levon Helm

#seem #themselves #tune #usually

We all love musical architecture; there's no doubt about that. ↗

— Levon Helm

#architecture #doubt #love #musical #no doubt

Well, somebody's got to sing. They won't hire you unless you sing. ↗

— Levon Helm

#hire #sing #somebody #unless #well

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

— Levon Helm

#best #drums #full #horns #house