No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues.
“If you don't mark your successes, the day your ship comes in could be just another day at the office, and there's no poetry in that.”
“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.”