Sinclair Lewis was asked one time to give a talk to class of students about writing. When he got there he asked the class, Do you people want to be writers?and they all said yes. Then Lewis said, Why the… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share Image
A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe. — Tom T. Hall Copy Share
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:… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share
It used to be that youd have a song recorded by a major country artist and if it was a hit, you could buy… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share
“Ain't but three things in this world worth a solitary dime/ But old dogs, children, and watermelon wine” — Tom T. Hall Copy Share
Sinclair Lewis was asked one time to give a talk to class of students about writing. When he got there he asked the class,… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share
I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish. — Tom T. Hall Copy Share
I think the nature of songwriters is that they are philosophers, and philosophers have a bent towards poetry and songwriting, so I think that… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share
When I first got to Nashville, somebody said that [Kris Kristofferson and I] were the only two people who could describe Dolly Parton without… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share
I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody. — Tom T. Hall Copy Share
I knew a lot of chords, but they weren't the chords that came with the melody that came with the idea I had for… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share
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… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share
If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine! — Tom T. Hall Copy Share
