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Leon Redbone
American
Musician
About the author
What I do and what I record only work for the moment.
Leon Redbone,
American
Musician
#Work
Who told you I was a musician?
Leon Redbone,
American
Musician
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.
Leon Redbone,
American
Musician
#Day
#Dreams
#Sorrow
#Tomorrow
#Joy
It can even be a single note which defines the entire song.
Leon Redbone,
American
Musician
#Song
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,
American
Musician
#Right
#Now
#Heart
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,
American
Musician
#Death
#Business
#Obstacles
#Kiss
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,
American
Musician
#History