Most of our stuff was trial and error. You live with a tape recorder, you turn it on, you play the song and you listen to it.
Levon HelmBy the time The Band did The Last Waltz, the chemistry had changed, and it wasn't a thrill anymore to live that studio kind of life.
Levon HelmYou 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.
Levon Helm