Tom T. Hall Quotes
Top 40 wise famous quotes and sayings by Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.
Young kids are doing the same thing I did, but they're doing it differently. They don't do brain surgery the way they used to do it either.
The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.
The enticing allure of Nashville is that there is always something new coming down the pike. Put this record on and you'll hear footsteps.
I don't know why songwriters struggle. They have to, I guess. If you're a young songwriter, quit struggling. It makes you look bad.
Ain't but three things in this world worth a solitary dime/
But old dogs, children, and watermelon wine
But old dogs, children, and watermelon wine
The way you look for songs, you find yourself looking for little signals and clues about life and how things are.
Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.
A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.
The first guy who came up with the concept of religion was sitting out under a tree. I'm sure of that.
It is so important for me to try, and having tried I look back on failure and success as if it were all the same.
This generation should entertain this generation. It's only fair. When I was a kid, I mowed the lawn. Now, somebody else's kid can mow the lawn.
When you retire, it's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work; you develop an attitude where you can do what you please.
After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.
I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read all their books.
I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill.
I've been polite and I've always shown up. Somebody asked me if I had any advice for young people entering the business. I said: Yeah, show up.
It used to be that you'd have a song recorded by a major country artist and if it was a hit, you could buy a car. Now you can buy a dealership.
I'm a very comfortable and happy-go-lucky old man. I never wanted to be great, because I'd just get worried.