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

Tom T. Hall Quotes

Old dogs care about you, even when you make mistakes.

— Tom T. Hall

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

I’m a very comfortable and happy-go-lucky old man. I never wanted to be great, because I’d just get worried.

— Tom T. Hall

People think because you’re private, you have something you don’t want them to know.

— Tom T. Hall

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

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

It used to be that youd have a song recorded by a major country artist and if it was a hit, you could buy a car. Now you can buy a dealership.

— Tom T. Hall

If Barbara Walters was interviewing me, I’d figure her career was as dead as mine!

— Tom T. Hall

Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.

— Tom T. Hall

The first guy who came up with the concept of religion was sitting out under a tree. I’m sure of that.

— Tom T. Hall

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

The way you look for songs, you find yourself looking for little signals and clues about life and how things are.

— Tom T. Hall

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

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

I don’t know why songwriters struggle. They have to, I guess. If you’re a young songwriter, quit struggling. It makes you look bad.

— Tom T. Hall

Is this really Butte, Montana, or just existential blues?

— Tom T. Hall

My best album is called In Search Of A Song. That was my best shot right there. My finest hour, as they say. I could listen to the whole thing all the way through. There’s nothing really crammed into it.

— Tom T. Hall

I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I’d pick out an author and I would read all their books.

— Tom T. Hall

I never hid out. I was never big enough a star.

— Tom T. Hall

I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.

— Tom T. Hall

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