Leon Redbone Quotes

• Who told you I was a musician?

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  Musician

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• The blues ain't nothing but a good man feelin' bad.

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  Men, Good Man, Blues Music

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• The silence between the notes is the good part for me. I find that to be a very important part of music that is often lacking.

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  Silence, Important, Notes

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• 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.

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  Different, Location, Strange

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

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  Past, Interest

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• 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.

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  Dream, Mean, Joy

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• It can even be a single note which defines the entire song.

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  Song, Notes

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• I'm sad and blue, about nobody but you. I told you that I loved you right from the start, you told me the same and now you try to break my little heart.

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  Broken Heart, Blue, Trying

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• I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them seriously. To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death.

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  Mean, Kissing, Opportunity

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• What I do and what I record only work for the moment.

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  Records, Moments

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• I've got a very behind-the-scenes personality. I don't know how I became a performer. I like to stay discreet, out of the public eye, very low-key.

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  Eye, Keys, Personality

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