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.

I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.

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

Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer.

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.

I love winners when they cry, losers when they try.

Make your melodies simple enough so that the average person can hum them.

I love coffee in a cup, little fuzzy pups, bourbon in a glass, and grass.

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.

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.

After I retired and came off the road, I gathered up all my musical instruments and suddenly, I wanted them all to be perfect.

People wears a mask of lie so they look attractive, so be careful

Tongue and hand tied, I was equally cut off and trapped in my own silent dark tomb.

What we are is much more important to Him than what we do for Him. We mean far more to God than the work we do.

I don't really have a lot of fun playing just straight good guys. It's not my thing. It's like Tom Hanks territory.

This is unbelievable to me. I always wanted to be famous, be the best, but I didn't think it would be like this.

There's lower mystical kundalini and higher mystical kundalini. There are ranges within the range.

Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes.

There are many more good stories about Jaye Davidson.

I tell young people to reach for the stars. And I can't think of a greater high than you could possibly get than by inventing something.

What television has done is it's given me a stepping stone to get to some other countries and really wild destinations throughout this world, which perhaps I would have had to struggle to get to.