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 More Quotes by Tom T. Hall More Quotes From Tom T. Hall Me and Jesus got our own thing going on. We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about. Tom T. Hall religious religion jesus 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. Tom T. Hall simple writing song 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. Tom T. Hall success advice people If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I'd figure her career was as dead as mine! Tom T. Hall barbara figures careers Old dogs care about you, even when you make mistakes. Tom T. Hall care dog mistake Nobody knows a hit before it's a hit. Tom T. Hall nobody-knows knows A song is a poem set to music. Tom T. Hall song 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. Tom T. Hall important trying looks 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 brain kids way A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe. Tom T. Hall politics president firsts She gave her heart to Jethro and her body to the whole wide world. Tom T. Hall infidelity heart world 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 nashville one-day song 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 this-generation generations kids Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion. Tom T. Hall strange names wonderful 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. Tom T. Hall journey attitude watches 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 nashville records something-new 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 college writing dirty 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 theory ifs people 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 judgment moral stories I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody. Tom T. Hall people years thinking
