Tony Joe White Professions : Singer Born : July 23, 1943 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Tony Joe White When you write songs, you gotta be like a receiving station: you gotta be aware of what's going on around you. I never know what a song is going to be about before I write it. Tony Joe White receiving writing song Down in Louisiana where the alligators grow so mean, there lived a girl that I swear to the world made the alligators look tame. Tony Joe White girl evil mean I've been very lucky, man. Like you say, though, the writing is what kicked all that in and made it possible. It's something that I have always been very thankful of, that that kicked in, and that I could be free with the music. Tony Joe White lucky writing men Similar Authors Bert McCracken singer Betty Carter singer Bing Crosby singer Brian Fallon singer Brooke Allison singer Brook Benton singer All Authors
