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I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill.

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

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

Tom T. Hall

Writer

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

Books

I never fixed a story. I didn't make judgments, I let the listener make judgments. When I got to the end of the story, if it had a moral, I let the listener find it.

Tom T. Hall

End

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

Tom T. Hall

Love

I have had hundreds of people work for me over the years, and I don't think I ever fired anybody.

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

Man

Old

I am a fan of history.

Tom T. Hall

History

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

Tom T. Hall

Road

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

Tom T. Hall

Life

Songs

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

Tom T. Hall

Religion

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.

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.

Tom T. Hall

Kids

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.