Top 27 Quotes by Tom T. Hall

It used to be that you'd have a song recorded by a major country artist and if it was a hit, you could buy a car. Now you can buy a dealership.

Young kids are doing the same thing I did, but they're doing it differently. They don't do brain surgery the way they used to do it either.

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.

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

The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.

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

Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer.

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

I never hid out. I was never big enough a star.

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.