Mel Tillis Quotes

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• You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments.…
• And I had to take care of a little dog too named Suzy. It was the promoter's wife's - Judy Lynn's - it was her…
• But I've got a lot of ideas, I bought me a ranch in Florida and I still have my farm in Ashland City, Tennessee so…
• I'm gonna do between 75 and 100 dates. A lot of it will be in Laughlin, Nevada; I'll be there for two weeks. And I'll…
• And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but I…
• And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldn't talk.
• But if you put a script up in front of me to read, or a cue card, I couldn't do it without stuttering.
• I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.
• I'll do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and I'll be performing at the Grand Palace.
• But in those days - in the mid-'50s, early '60s - there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country music and a…
• And I got to know Red Foley well. And I got to know Lefty really well, he was a great guy.
• And they turned around and leased it to The Assembly Of God Churches - their headquarters are in Springfield, Missouri. They leased it to them…
• You know, being an entertainer is partly being on the road, and a lot of your songs come from the road.
• And I began to tell little anecdotes that had happened to me, and people would laugh. And I began to like that, you know. But…
• And you know, we'd go to church. We were Baptists. And every now and then there'd be a tent would set up, and it was…
• But now I've been in the arena for 47 years and I stutter less today than I did in those days.
• But Patsy, she was a great, great girl. And Brenda Lee is a wonderful person, and her mama Grace. I've known those folks for years…
• I remember li'l ol' Hank Jr. - he was just a baby back in them days, you know - but he used to hang around.…
• I'm not retiring.
• No, my son's a songwriter and he does that.

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