When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool.
Levon HelmMaybe the greatness we heard in [Richard Manuel]'s voice, that catch in it, came from all that pain. To this day, we don't really know.
Levon HelmSongs don't wear out. Good songs are good now. If they were a comfort during those hard times in the past, they'll be a comfort in today's age.
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