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We have put together a list of some of the best Quotes that Written by Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall
Total Quotes 47
I Have My Own Religion. I'm Sort Of One-quarter Baptist, One-quarter Catholic, One-quarter Jewish.
Catholic
Baptists
Quarters
After I Retired And Came Off The Road, I Gathered Up All My Musical Instruments And Suddenly, I Wanted Them All To Be Perfect.
Perfect
Musical
Instruments
People Think Because You're Private, You Have Something You Don't Want Them To Know.
Thinking
People
Want
The First Guy Who Came Up With The Concept Of Religion Was Sitting Out Under A Tree. I'm Sure Of That.
Guy
Tree
Sitting
I Was Well Traveled, And I Created This Illusion Of Literacy Through Reading And Writing. I Wrote A Book Of Short Stories.
Book
Reading
Writing
I Am A Fan Of History.
Fans
Nobody Knows A Hit Before It's A Hit.
Nobody Knows
Knows
I'm A Very Comfortable And Happy-go-lucky Old Man. I Never Wanted To Be Great, Because I'd Just Get Worried.
Men
Lucky
Worried
I Have Had Hundreds Of People Work For Me Over The Years, And I Don't Think I Ever Fired Anybody.
Thinking
Years
People
I Never Fixed A Story. I Didn't Make Judgments, I Let The Listener Make Judgments. When I Got To The End Of The Story, If It Had A Moral, I Let The Listener Find It.
Stories
Moral
Judgment
I Had The Notion That I Wanted To Write The Great Dirty American Novel, So I Went To Roanoke College On The Gi Bill.
Dirty
Writing
College
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.
Nashville
Records
Something New
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 The Song. Melodies Are Simple Things. If You See A Train Wreck, There's A Melody. If You See A Little Daisy Blowing In The Breeze, There's A Melody.
Song
Writing
Simple
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.
Kids
This Generation
Generations
The Best Compliment I Ever Had Is, One Day I Was In Nashville, Some Disc Jockey Said, Hey, That Sounds Like A Tom T. Hall Song. Up Until Then There Hadn't Been Any Such Thing.
Song
Nashville
One Day
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 Hell Aren't You At Home Writing?
Home
Writing
Class
My Theory Is If You Have A Religion, It's A Good One. Because Some People Don't Have Any At All.
People
Theory
Ifs
I Was Quite A Reader Before I Became A Writer.
Reader
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.
Book
Library
Hobbies
She Gave Her Heart To Jethro And Her Body To The Whole Wide World.
Heart
Infidelity
World
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.
Success
People
Advice
I Never Hid Out. I Was Never Big Enough A Star.
Stars
Enough
Bigs
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.
Struggle
Looks
Quitting
If They Want To Come Out And Watch Me Paint Or Dig Potatoes Or Mend Fences, I Don't Care. I Don't Do Interviews Not Because I Have Anything To Hide, But When You Retire, The Word Has A Meaning To Me. 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.
Attitude
Journey
Watches
Born: May 25, 1936
Occupation: Singer
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