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Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it. — Levon Helm

Most of us have a soundtrack running in the background of our lives. I access that soundtrack when I write. — Robin M. 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. — Levon Helm

I've had all the lessons I could get. I've learned from everybody I've ever met. — Levon Helm

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. — Levon Helm

It's maddening; he's like an obnoxious seven-year-old that someone has installed at the helm of a vast international conspiracy. — Ben H. Winters

He's been on vacation for a year and month. Captain Kirk never left the helm when the Enterprise was under attack. — Eddie Griffin

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

Keep your hand on the helm. — Matthew Goldman

If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you. — 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

My job is defending the people and to hell with the laws. Your job is defending the laws and to hell with the people. — Donald Hamilton

She added, "Washington is the city of the soft heads and the chicken hearts. — Donald Hamilton

When I was younger, I used to drive up to a bunch of turkeys, roll down the window and say something. They'd all gobble back at once. — Levon Helm

In fact, Harold had never once paid attention to his watch other than to find out the time. And, honestly, it drove his watch crazy. — Zach Helm

The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums. — Levon Helm

This is the first time Denmark has ever reached the World Cup finals, so this is the most significant moment in Danish history. — John Helm

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. — Henry Adams

She was a wind on the ocean. She moved men, but the helm determined the port. — Zora Neale Hurston

It's very noble of President Obama to want to stay at the helm and maybe go down with this sinking ship. — Sarah Palin

I love horns, and the bigger the band, the better it sounds to my ear. — Levon Helm

I was four when I first stood at the helm on my own. — Laura Dekker

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. — Levon Helm

Wouldn't a sailor laugh at you if you told him that the whole crossing depends on the first turn of the helm? — Emile Chartier

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

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. — Tom Helm

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. — Publilius Syrus

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

Ensconced in our finite spaces,
We think we are at the helm of justice:
Degrading people's minutest of affairs. — Taranum

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. — James Madison

Halifax against Spurs, the original David against Goliath confrontation — John Helm

The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played. — Levon Helm

Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? — J.R.R. Tolkien

I needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. — Nick Helm

It's as if there's a magnet on the outside of the posts and bar. — John 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. — Levon Helm

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. — Levon Helm

Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in the process of winning the race. — Joseph Barbera

I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band. — Levon Helm

To port the helm carries the head to port. — Douglas Frazar

There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play. — Levon Helm

When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark. — Joni Mitchell

The USA are a goal down, and if they don't get a goal they'll lose. — John Helm

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. — Levon Helm

The crowd is just as important as the group. It takes everything to make it work. — Levon Helm

It is vain to say that enlightened statesmen will always be able to adjust their interests. Enlightened men will not always be at the helm. — James Madison

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. — Levon Helm

Chaos and barbarism, which always threatened to overwhelm the movement, sharply increased as bin Laden took the helm. — Lawrence Wright

A sword's a sword, a helm's a helm, and if you reach in the fire you get burned, no matter who you're serving. — George R R Martin

As rowdy as the place was, I've seen rowdier times playing fraternity parties in Oklahoma. — Levon Helm

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. — Henrik Ibsen

Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it's hard for me to resist. — 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

I'm not in it for my health. I'm a musician and I wanna live the way I do. — Levon Helm

My parents wanted me to be smart and be a scholar, and the best I could do was graduate high school. — Levon Helm