38 Quotes by Mel Tillis

But the teacher would let me sing, you know. She'd take me around to different classes and let me sing. And I could sing without stuttering.

I have a painting up in Washington, D.C. at the House of the Temple for the Scottish Rite, and those prints are selling for $250.

Well, you know, back then there wasn't many albums, it was the singles. You sold singles.

You know, being an entertainer is partly being on the road, and a lot of your songs come from the road.

Well, no, you can prepare it all you want, but I'd still stutter.

But Patsy, she was a great, great girl. And Brenda Lee is a wonderful person, and her mama Grace. I've known those folks for years and years and years.

But now I've been in the arena for 47 years and I stutter less today than I did in those days.

You have to insulate yourself - I'm talking about from everything, people can be talking to you and you won't hear 'em - that's how you write a song. And I haven't been able to do that over here 'cause I'm so busy and then, when I am off, I want to get away from music.

And they turned around and leased it to The Assembly Of God Churches - their headquarters are in Springfield, Missouri. They leased it to them for the first year. Then, after the first year, they will donate it to the church.