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> [Where the Tennessee River, like a silver snake, winds her way through the clay hills of Alabama, sits high on these hills, my home town, Florence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/where-the-tennessee-river-like-a-silver-snake-winds-her-way-through/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

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## Other authors on Florence

- [Beate Boeker 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/florence/beate-boeker/)

## More by William Christopher Handy

> [My big ears indicated a talent for music. This thrilled me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/my-big-ears-indicated-a-talent-for-music-this-thrilled-me/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/with-a-guitar-i-would-be-able-to-express-the-things-i-felt-in-sounds/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [Nature was my kindergarten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/nature-was-my-kindergarten/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/life-is-like-a-trumpet-if-you-don-t-put-anything-into-it-you-don-t/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [If my serenade of song and story should serve as a pillow for some composer's head, as yet perhaps unborn, to dream and build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/if-my-serenade-of-song-and-story-should-serve-as-a-pillow-for-some/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/i-knew-the-whistle-of-each-of-the-river-boats-on-the-tennessee/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers gangs, he would be asked if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/in-the-south-of-long-ago-whenever-a-new-man-appeared-for-work-in-any/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [You've got to appreciate the things that come from the art of the Negro and from the heart of the man farthest down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/you-ve-got-to-appreciate-the-things-that-come-from-the-art-of-the/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [You'll never miss the water 'til the well runs dry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/you-ll-never-miss-the-water-til-the-well-runs-dry/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/whenever-i-heard-the-song-of-a-bird-and-the-answering-call-of-its/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [The name of my ailment was longing, and it was not cured till I finally went to the department store and counted out the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/the-name-of-my-ailment-was-longing-and-it-was-not-cured-till-i/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [You can never tell what's in a woman's mind, And if she's from Harlem, there's no use o' tryin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/you-can-never-tell-what-s-in-a-woman-s-mind-and-if-she-s-from-harlem/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [I hate to see the evening sun go down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/i-hate-to-see-the-evening-sun-go-down/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [Where the Tennessee River, like a silver snake, winds her way through the clay hills of Alabama, sits high on these hills, my home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/where-the-tennessee-river-like-a-silver-snake-winds-her-way-through/)

[William Christopher Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-christopher-handy/)

> [Saving was slow and painful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-christopher-handy/saving-was-slow-and-painful/)

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