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Levon Helm

"A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son."

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"A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son."

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Donna Grant

"I have amply provided for my son during my lifetime."

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Donna Grant

"I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy."

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Donna Grant

"Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him."

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Donna Grant

"No, my son's a songwriter and he does that."

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Donna Grant

"My son - and what's a song? A thing begot within a pair of minutes, thereabout, a lump bred up in darkness."

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Donna Grant

"My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names."

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Donna Grant

"I can't say too much about it because I don't know a lot. We're not told what's in store for our characters until we turn up to shoot the episode. But it's fair to say that Betty and her son bring a brand new mystery to the street and they will be around all season."

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Donna Grant

"I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people."

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Donna Grant

"Your prodigal son has left again to exorcise some demons."

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Donna Grant

"I want to try and do as much as I can as an actor. So far I think I've done pretty well with being a minister's son. And now I know I'm pretty darn good at playing a woman too."

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Levon Helm
"Don't we all want what's best for each other?"

Want

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Levon Helm
"You can either make it come around or you can't. By the time we would be ready to record a song, we would know for sure that it was the best way we could do it."

Time

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Levon Helm
"The way to do it is to put as much life into the song as I can. You can either get it to breathe or you can't."

Life

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Levon Helm
"I played some Yamaha drums that I like a lot. And I like the Yamaha people a lot too. They've been really nice to me and The Band."

People

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Levon Helm
"Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me."

Music

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Levon Helm
"I never subscribe to the stay-at-home policy. I'm not sick of the road or sick of eating in good restaurants around the country. I like to travel."

Travel

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Levon Helm
"The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did."

Time

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Levon Helm
"Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it's hard for me to resist."

End

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Levon Helm
"There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play."

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Levon Helm
"If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you."

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