Leon Redbone Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Who told you I was a musician?”

“I don't think music should be played anywhere near politics. The two don't go together.”

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

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

“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.”

“Other musicians are basically personalities who want to make a name for themselves. All I do is sing old songs in the best way I can. What else is there to know? If you were a blacksmith, what would people need to know about you other than whether you can make a good horseshoe?”