Tom T. Hall

“I love beer, it makes me a jolly good fellow, I love beer, it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow.”

“Life is a series of adjustments.”

“You write what you know.”

“The best songs are the ones that are the most honest.”

“A good song tells a story.”

“I just tried to write about things I saw.”

“It's about the listener. It's not about you.”

“My songs are just little movies.”

“I can't write a song to order. It has to come to me.”

“I have a love-hate relationship with the road.”

“Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, and more money.”

“I think the most important thing a writer can do is to read.”

“Songwriting is a little bit like fishing. You get a little bite and you set the hook and you see what you pull in.”

“If you're going to be a songwriter, you have to be a reader.”