72 Quotes by Tom T. Hall

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    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.

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    When I first got to Nashville, somebody said that [Kris Kristofferson and I] were the only two people who could describe Dolly Parton without using their hands.

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    It’s Faster horses, Younger women, Older whiskey and More money.

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    God bless little children while they’re still too young to hate.

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    Me and Jesus got our own thing going on. We don’t need anybody to tell us what it’s all about.

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    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.

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    The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it’s working, it was your idea, and if it’s not, it’s somebody else’s idea.

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