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My views on music, and life i...

My views on music, and life in general, are completely out of step with everything that's going on. I've always been out of step. The only thing that interests me is history, reviewing the past and making something out of it.

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Music doesn't really require ...

Music doesn't really require whether the person's a young person or old person for whatever kind of music it is.

Leon Redbone 19 quotes

I extract what I consider the...

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.

Leon Redbone 19 quotes

I'm not interested in stirrin...

I'm not interested in stirring anybody up through music. If you're going to stir people up, it has to be a thought process that has nothing to do with music. I see music as having to do with an internal thing. Something that stirs you up is external.

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Other musicians are basically...

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?

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I think there's a preoccupati...

I think there's a preoccupation with the American market to make excuses and justify its past. If it isn't current, it means somebody has to make an excuse for it. If it's 'cult,' it gives it a sense of illegitimate legitimacy.

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If you're not interested in h...

If you're not interested in history, if you're living for the day, you need some sort of cliche hook. I certainly don't think of myself as a cult anything. It's a strange thing to even consider pursuing.

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I don't think music should be...

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

Leon Redbone 19 quotes

I think of these things as ob...

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.

Leon Redbone 19 quotes

I got out of the music indust...

I got out of the music industry many years ago. I had a charlatan for a producer who I wanted nothing to do with. He's dead now, so I guess I can't beat that horse any more. It left a very bad taste in my mouth, so I just went on about my business doing what I do and not involving myself with record companies, except for distribution.

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I don't have a home. I'm on t...

I don't have a home. I'm on the road, more or less.

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I'm sad and blue, about nobod...

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.

Leon Redbone 19 quotes

I have a visual sense for the...

I have a visual sense for the music. It has to stay true to a certain sense of period. I rely on a sense of colors and mood in my approach to the arrangement.

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I've got a very behind-the-sc...

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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Lonesome. Lonesome. I know wh...

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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I don't do anything mysteriou...

I don't do anything mysterious on purpose. I'm less than forthcoming, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm mysterious. It just means I'm not inclined to go there.

Leon Redbone 19 quotes

I just do a random roulette w...

I just do a random roulette wheel version of what I've recorded or sometimes tunes I haven't recorded. It's a collection of whatever happens, happens.

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The silence between the notes...

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.

Leon Redbone 19 quotes

The blues ain't nothing but a...

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

Leon Redbone 19 quotes

I think of these things as obs...

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.

Leon Redbone 19 quotes

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