Leon Redbone Quotes

Who told you I was a musician?

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

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.

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

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.

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.