Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall
Thomas "Tom T." Hallis an American country music songwriter, singer, novelist, and short-story writer. He has written 11 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the No. 1 international pop crossover smash "Harper Valley PTA" and the hit "I Love", which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. He became known to fans as "The Storyteller," thanks to his storytelling skills in his songwriting...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth25 May 1936
CountryUnited States of America
My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all.
Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion.
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.
Is this really Butte, Montana, or just existential blues?
I've been polite and I've always shown up. Somebody asked me if I had any advice for young people entering the business. I said: "Yeah, show up.
Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.
Nobody knows a hit before it's a hit.
I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody.
I have my own religion. I'm sort of one-quarter Baptist, one-quarter Catholic, one-quarter Jewish.
I was quite a reader before I became a writer.
I love coffee in a cup, little fuzzy pups, bourbon in a glass, and grass.
A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.
Me and Jesus got our own thing going on. We don't need anybody to tell us what it's all about.
I am a fan of history.