“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.” PeopleIfsSaidShowsSuccessYoungAdviceYeahPoliteEntering Author:Tom T. Hall
“If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!” IfsCareersFiguresMinesBarbara Author:Tom T. Hall
“It is so important for me to try, and having tried I look back on failure and success as if it were all the same.” IfsTryingLooksImportantSuccess And Failure Author:Tom T. Hall
“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.” IfsWritingLittlesIdeasSongSimpleTrainMelodySongwritingBreezeChordsWrecksSimple ThingsDaisiesTrain Wrecks Author:Tom T. Hall
“It used to be that youd 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.” IfsCountryUsedArtistSongCarMajorsUsed To BeCountry Artist Author:Tom T. Hall
“My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.” PeopleIfsTheory Author:Tom T. Hall
“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.” IfsFirstsIdeasFirst TimeArtisticWorking ItEndeavor Author:Tom T. Hall
“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.” IfsWantCareCan DoAttitudeWatchesJourneyPleasePaintDon't CareQuittingI Don't CareInterviewsRetiringFencePotatoesWatch MePlace In Life Author:Tom T. Hall
“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.” IfsKnowsLooksYoungStruggleQuittingSongwriters Author:Tom T. Hall
“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.” IfsEndsStoriesMoralJudgmentFixedListeners Author:Tom T. Hall
