17 Quotes by Tennessee Ernie Ford

I tell you, I was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rockers!

You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.

Know yourself -- and know your audience.

Know yourself – and know your audience.

If you see me coming, better step aside. A lotta men didn’t, a lotta men died.

You can’t cheat the public for long.

Shot Gun Boogie, I wanted wedding bells. I’ll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells.

You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can’t predict whether it’ll hit or not.