American - Musician | April 2, 1942 - November 13, 2016
If everybody'd agree to quit using money, I'd be happy to play for free every day for awhile. But I don't play benefits or any kind of fund-raisers. I prefer to play at hospitals, for people who otherwise can't see us. But I can't see playing for causes, whatever the cause may be.
Leon Russell
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I had a whole bunch of bad country songs, so I put 'em all on an album.
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I've avoided the press and a lot of stuff that would have made me more visible just because it's not my style.
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I'm not so much of a person for causes, unless I specifically - for instance, if it's my cause, or some poor people's, I'll try to help. But you won't find me playing for any peace candidates - or any candidates.
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Both economics and politics are false sciences.
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I've always felt I struck out with Doris Day. Her son, Terry Melcher, was a producer I worked for at Columbia, and one day, he asked me to go to her house to play piano on a song she was doing. So I get there, and she has about 30 dogs running around the place - turns out she's a dog rescuer.
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I played on a few Frank Sinatra sessions.
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I'm pretty serious about what I do.
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I had a band with David Gates. There was just a lot of opportunity at that time. But I left for Los Angeles the week after I graduated high school, and I actually left to try to get into the advertising business. That was really why I went out to L.A. My music career was almost an accident.
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I wish I had gone into industrial plumbing. That's a joke.
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I would have to say Sam Cooke is the one I admired most. His artistry and vocal, just the way he did it.
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I was playing with George Harrison one time, and George loves takes. This song was up to Take 160. I said, 'George, do you want me to play the same thing or 160 different things?' It drove me crazy because, in general, I'm ready to play my part.
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