Musician Quotes

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

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.

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

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

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 am a fan of history.

Faulkner was almost oriental. I never got into Faulkner.

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

The first guy who came up with the concept of religion was sitting out under a tree. I'm sure of 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.

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

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.

I love winners when they cry, losers when they try.

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.

Why would anyone lie? The truth is always more colorful.

We want people to realize you are at a design school, not a land grant college. The way we look says a great deal about who we are.

This illness made it impossible for me to give my best effort to our audience, but now that it's been identified, I'm looking forward to a complete, quick recovery and to get back out there with John as soon as possible.

If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens.

I returned to upstate NY where I just laid in bed for days with a fever that just wouldn't go away. After more of this, I grew increasingly sure that this was not simply the flu!

Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke - even death.

We take a lot of care with lyrics because we don't want to offend anybody.

We steer completely clear of anything suggestive.

The road can be hard on a kid if he's not careful.

The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words.

She was so small she could make mamba in a telephone booth.

See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile.

I sat down one night and wrote the line rock, rock, rock everybody.

I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics.

I don't feel a day older when it comes to my approach to music or what gets me off than when I was a teenager. I've always been into different kinds of stuff and when I play I like to play loud. I like my arm hairs to move and I like my body to vibrate 'cause I like the feel of it; I'm still a teena

I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.