A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.

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.

He just summoned the dead with coke and cheeseburgers

People feel alcohol heals heart (diseases) but in theory, it peels the heart.

Hell was created for the devil and his angels. If you go, you are an intruder.

Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.

Connecting dots is not that rewarding of an experience.

You look at the Pyramids. They're not one fraction of an inch off in terms of their alignment. They were built without a bonding agent.

Growing up in Mississippi, I realized that it was separate and unequal and all that, but it was still a safe place.

Nate: “And,” he said, “boys at twelve aren’t exactly slick with the ladies.” Ruby: “’Slick with the ladies’?” I said. “Are you twelve?

Most inputs are useless and time is wasted in proportion to the amount that is available.

Adventure is the invitation to common people to become uncommon.