Me And Jesus Got Our Own Thing

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 Think The Nature Of Songwriters Is That They Are Philosophers, And Philosophers Have A Bent Towards Poetry And Songwriting, So I Think That The Two Run Around Together. The Nature Of A Songwriter Could Be Philosophical. Looking For Universal Ideas, A Way To Say Things, Get The Story Across As A Means Of Entertaining, Provoking Thought.

Make Your Melodies Simple Enough So That The Average Person Can Hum Them.

The Way You Look For Songs, You Find Yourself Looking For Little Signals And Clues About Life And How Things Are.

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.