Mel Tillis Quotes

You know, it comes from my mother’s 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.

You have to insulate yourself – I’m talking about from everything, people can be talking to you and you won’t hear ’em – that’s how you write a song. And I haven’t been able to do that over here ’cause I’m so busy and then, when I am off, I want to get away from music.

Well, you know, back then there wasn’t many albums, it was the singles. You sold singles.

Well, no, you can prepare it all you want, but I’d still stutter.

Or in the early days we didn’t have the bus, we had a station wagon.

No, my son’s a songwriter and he does that.