Quotes by Tom T. Hall

Tom T. Hall

A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.

Firsts

Politics

President

After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.

Instruments

Musical

Perfect

I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill.

College

Dirty

Writing

I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don’t think I ever fired anybody.

People

Thinking

Years

I have my own religion. I’m sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.

Baptists

Catholic

Quarters

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.

Simple

Song

Writing

I’m a very comfortable and happy-go-lucky old man. I never wanted to be great, because I’d just get worried.

Lucky

Men

Worried

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.

Advice

People

Success

If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I’d figure her career was as dead as mine!

Barbara

Careers

Figures

It’s Faster horses, Younger women, Older whiskey and More money.

Alcohol

Horse

Whiskey

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Generations

Heart

Horse

Ifs

Infidelity

Instruments

Jesus

Journey

Kids

Looks

Lucky

Matter

Men

Musical

Nashville

One Day

People

Perfect

Politics

President

Quarters

Quitting

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Religious

Simple

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Quotes by Tom T. Hall

Tom T. Hall

A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.

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 had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill.

I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don’t think I ever fired anybody.

I have my own religion. I’m sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.

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.

I’m a very comfortable and happy-go-lucky old man. I never wanted to be great, because I’d just get worried.

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.

If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I’d figure her career was as dead as mine!

It’s Faster horses, Younger women, Older whiskey and More money.

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