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Mel Tillis Quotes
And I began to tell little anecdotes that had happened to me, and people would laugh. And I began to like that, you know. But I knew that, cause Id do that in school, but I wouldnt do it out there in front of all them people. - Mel Tillis Quotes
And I got to know Red Foley well. And I got to know Lefty really well, he was a great guy. - Mel Tillis Quotes
And I had to take care of a little dog too named Suzy. It was the promoters wifes - Judy Lynns - it was her dog. And one of my duties going on the tour was to take care of it. - Mel Tillis Quotes
And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of em, but I think mostly from my mothers side of the family. - Mel Tillis Quotes
And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldnt talk. - Mel Tillis Quotes
And they turned around and leased it to The Assembly Of God Churches - their headquarters are in Springfield, Missouri. They leased it to them for the first year. Then, after the first year, they will donate it to the church. - Mel Tillis Quotes
And you know, wed go to church. We were Baptists. And every now and then thered be a tent would set up, and it was the Holiness folks. And we liked their music. - Mel Tillis Quotes
But Ive got a lot of ideas, I bought me a ranch in Florida and I still have my farm in Ashland City, Tennessee so Im gonna spend a little time at each one of those places and youll probably hear some more songs out of me. - Mel Tillis Quotes
But Patsy, she was a great, great girl. And Brenda Lee is a wonderful person, and her mama Grace. Ive known those folks for years and years and years. - Mel Tillis Quotes
But if you put a script up in front of me to read, or a cue card, I couldnt do it without stuttering. - Mel Tillis Quotes
But in those days - in the mid-50s, early 60s - there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country music and a lot of that wasnt full time. - Mel Tillis Quotes
But now Ive been in the arena for 47 years and I stutter less today than I did in those days. - Mel Tillis Quotes
But the teacher would let me sing, you know. Shed take me around to different classes and let me sing. And I could sing without stuttering. - Mel Tillis Quotes
I didnt get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away. - Mel Tillis Quotes
I have a painting up in Washington, D.C. at the House of the Temple for the Scottish Rite, and those prints are selling for $250. - Mel Tillis Quotes
I remember lil ol Hank Jr. - he was just a baby back in them days, you know - but he used to hang around. His mama would bring him around. He was just a natural. - Mel Tillis Quotes
Ill do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and Ill be performing at the Grand Palace. - Mel Tillis Quotes
Im gonna do between 75 and 100 dates. A lot of it will be in Laughlin, Nevada; Ill be there for two weeks. And Ill work some casinos here and there, and the fair dates. - Mel Tillis Quotes
Im not retiring. - Mel Tillis Quotes
Ive got a sock drawer full of songs that Ive started but, you know, Im doing two shows a day here and its just hard to sit down and finish them. - Mel Tillis Quotes
No, my sons a songwriter and he does that. - Mel Tillis Quotes
Or in the early days we didnt have the bus, we had a station wagon. - Mel Tillis Quotes
So when I leave here at the first of the year itll become... well, its already open on Sundays as a church. But itll be a full-time church. - Mel Tillis Quotes
Well, no, you can prepare it all you want, but Id still stutter. - Mel Tillis Quotes
Well, you know, back then there wasnt many albums, it was the singles. You sold singles. - Mel Tillis Quotes
You have to insulate yourself - Im talking about from everything, people can be talking to you and you wont hear em - thats how you write a song. And I havent been able to do that over here cause Im so busy and then, when I am off, I want to get away from music. - Mel Tillis Quotes
You know, being an entertainer is partly being on the road, and a lot of your songs come from the road. - Mel Tillis Quotes
You know, it comes from my mothers side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that. - Mel Tillis Quotes
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