How it works
Logo@2xLogo mindzip color
Login

Tom T. Hall

ft

Quotes
30

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.
Tom T. Hall
The way you look for songs, you find yourself looking for little signals and clues about life and how things are.
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.
Tom T. Hall
I am a fan of history.
Tom T. Hall
I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.
Tom T. Hall
I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.
Tom T. Hall
I love winners when they cry, losers when they try.
Tom T. Hall
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.
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.
Tom T. Hall
Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion
Tom T. Hall
People think because you're private, you have something you don't want them to know.
Tom T. Hall
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.
Tom T. Hall
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.
Tom T. Hall
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.
Tom T. Hall
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.
Tom T. Hall
After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.
Tom T. Hall
I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill.
Tom T. Hall
When you retire, 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.
Tom T. Hall
I never hid out. I was never big enough a star.
Tom T. Hall
I was quite a reader before I became a writer.
Tom T. Hall
Faulkner was almost oriental. I never got into Faulkner.
Tom T. Hall
The first time with artistic endeavors is if its working it was your idea and if its not its somebody elses idea.
Tom T. Hall
I'm a very comfortable and happy-go-lucky old man. I never wanted to be great, because I'd just get worried.
Tom T. Hall
My best album is called In Search Of A Song. That was my best shot right there. My finest hour, as they say. I could listen to the whole thing all the way through. There's nothing really crammed into it.
Tom T. Hall
The first guy who came up with the concept of religion was sitting out under a tree. I'm sure of that.
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.
Tom T. Hall
I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody.
Tom T. Hall
If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine!
Tom T. Hall
Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.
Tom T. Hall
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.
Tom T. Hall

We use cookies to understand our websites traffic and offer our website visitors personalized experience. To find out more, click ‘More Information’. In addition, please, read our Privacy policy.